Verse 8.136

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

ते षोडश स्याद् धरणं पुराणश्चैव राजतः ।
कार्षापणस्तु विज्ञेयस्ताम्रिकः कार्षिकः पणः ॥ १३६ ॥

te ṣoḍaśa syād dharaṇaṃ purāṇaścaiva rājataḥ |
kārṣāpaṇastu vijñeyastāmrikaḥ kārṣikaḥ paṇaḥ || 136 ||

Sixteen of these latter make one ‘silver-dharaṇa’ or ‘purāṇa’; and a ‘karṣa’ of copper is to be known as ‘kārṣāpaṇa’ or ‘paṇa.’—(136)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

Sixteen ‘Silver-Beans’ make a ‘Silver-Dharaṇa’; of which the other name is ‘Purāṇa.’

‘Kārṣāpaṇa’ and ‘Paṇa’ are the two names of the ‘Copper-karṣa’; the term ‘Karṣa’ is used here in the sense in which it is used among the people, and it is not used in any technical sense, in the way in which ‘Kṛṣṇala’ and other terms have been used.—(136)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

“Karṣa = 16 Māṣas = 80 Kṛṣṇalas.”—Buhler.

This verse is quoted in Parāśaramādhava (Vyavahāra, p. 115), which adds that the names ‘purāṇa’ and ‘dharaṇa’ stand for the tenth part of a ‘pala’ of silver; the name, ‘māṣa’ as applied to silver, stands for the fortieth part of the ‘karṣa’.

It is quoted in Vivādaratnākara (p. 666), which explains the construction as ‘dharaṇam rājatam purāṇaśca rājataḥ’; and explains that ‘kārṣāpaṇa’ and ‘paṇa’ are the names of the copper ‘karṣa’.

It is quoted in Mitākṣarā (1.364 and 365), to the effect that ‘dharaṇa’ is only another name for ‘purāṇa’; and adds the explanation that a piece of copper one karṣa in weight is called ‘paṇa’, and also ‘kārṣāpaṇa’;—in Hemādri (Vrata, p. 53);—and in Nṛsiṃhaprasāda (Dāna, 4a).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(verses 8.131-137)

See Comparative notes for Verse 8.131.