Arthashastra

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लक्षण अध्यक्षश् चतुर् भाग ताम्रं रूप्य रूपं तीक्ष्ण त्रपु सीस अञ्जनानाम् अन्यतम माष बीज युक्तं कारयेत् पणम् अर्ध पणं पादम्, अष्ट भागम् इति, पाद आजीवं ताम्र रूपं माषकम् अर्ध माषकं काकणीम् अर्ध काकणीम् इति ॥

sanskrit

The superintendent of mint (lakshnádhyakshah), shall carry on the manufacture of silver coins (rúpyarúpa) made up of four parts of copper and one-sixteenth part (másha) of any one of the metals, tikshna, trapu, sisa, and anjana. There shall be a pana, half a pana, a quarter and one-eighth. Copper coins (támrarúpa) made up of four parts of an alloy (pádajívam), shall be a máshaka, half a máshaka, kákani and half a kákani.

english translation

lakSaNa adhyakSaz catur bhAga tAmraM rUpya rUpaM tIkSNa trapu sIsa aJjanAnAm anyatama mASa bIja yuktaM kArayet paNam ardha paNaM pAdam, aSTa bhAgam iti, pAda AjIvaM tAmra rUpaM mASakam ardha mASakaM kAkaNIm ardha kAkaNIm iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/12/24

लक्षण अध्यक्षश् चतुर् भाग ताम्रं रूप्य रूपं तीक्ष्ण त्रपु सीस अञ्जनानाम् अन्यतम माष बीज युक्तं कारयेत् पणम् अर्ध पणं पादम्, अष्ट भागम् इति, पाद आजीवं ताम्र रूपं माषकम् अर्ध माषकं काकणीम् अर्ध काकणीम् इति ॥

sanskrit

The superintendent of mint (lakshnádhyakshah), shall carry on the manufacture of silver coins (rúpyarúpa) made up of four parts of copper and one-sixteenth part (másha) of any one of the metals, tikshna, trapu, sisa, and anjana. There shall be a pana, half a pana, a quarter and one-eighth. Copper coins (támrarúpa) made up of four parts of an alloy (pádajívam), shall be a máshaka, half a máshaka, kákani and half a kákani.

english translation

lakSaNa adhyakSaz catur bhAga tAmraM rUpya rUpaM tIkSNa trapu sIsa aJjanAnAm anyatama mASa bIja yuktaM kArayet paNam ardha paNaM pAdam, aSTa bhAgam iti, pAda AjIvaM tAmra rUpaM mASakam ardha mASakaM kAkaNIm ardha kAkaNIm iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript