Raupyamashaka, Raupyamāṣaka, Raupya-mashaka: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Raupyamāṣaka can be transliterated into English as Raupyamasaka or Raupyamashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryRaupyamāṣaka (रौप्यमाषक).—a particular weight; द्वे कृष्णले समधृते विज्ञेयो रौप्यमाषकः (dve kṛṣṇale samadhṛte vijñeyo raupyamāṣakaḥ) Manusmṛti 8.135.
Derivable forms: raupyamāṣakaḥ (रौप्यमाषकः).
Raupyamāṣaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms raupya and māṣaka (माषक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaupyamāṣaka (रौप्यमाषक).—[masculine] a Māṣaka (coin or weight) of silver.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRaupyamāṣaka (रौप्यमाषक):—[=raupya-māṣaka] [from raupya] m. a Māṣaka weight of silver, [Manu-smṛti viii, 135.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Mashaka, Raupya.
Full-text: Samadhrita, Mashaka.
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