पाटीगणित (श्रीधराचार्य - प्राचीन संस्कृत टीका एवं प्रो. कृपाशंकर शुक्ल सविस्तार व्याख्या)

DEFINITIONS 3
(16) mahâ-padma, (17) kṣoṇî, (18) mahâ-kṣoṇî, (19) śaṅkha, (20) mahâ-śaṅkha,
(21) kṣiti, (22) mahâ-kṣiti, (23) kṣobha, and (24) mahâ-kṣobha.¹
Yallaya's (1480 A. D.) list : (1) eka, (2) daśa, (3) śata, (4) sahasra, (5)
ayuta, (6) lakṣa, (7) prayuta, (8) koṭi, (9) daśa-koṭi, (10) śata-koṭi, (11) arbuda,
(12) nyarbuda, (13) kharva, (14) mahâ-kharva, (15) padma, (16) mahâ-
padma, (17) śaṅkha, (18) mahâ-śaṅkha, (19) kṣoṇi, (20) mahâ-kṣoṇi, (21)
kṣiti, (22) mahâ-kṣiti, (23) kṣobha, (24) mahâ-kṣobha, (25) parârdha, (26)
sâgara, (27) ananta, (28) cintya, and (29) bhûri.²
Pâvaḷûri Mallikârjuna's list : (1) eka, (2) daśa, (3) śata, (4) sahasra,
(5) daśa-sahasra, (6) lakṣa, (7) daśa-lakṣa, (8) koṭi, (9) daśa-koṭi, (10) śata
koṭi, (11) arbuda, (12) nyarbuda, (13) kharva, (14) mahâ-kharva, (15) padma,
(16) mahâ-padma, (17) śaṅkha, (18) mahâ-śaṅkha, (19) kṣoṇi, (20) mahâ-kṣoṇi,
(21) kṣiti, (22) mahâ-kṣiti, (23) kṣobha, (24) mahâ-kṣobha, (25) nidhi,
(26) mahâ-nidhi, (27) parârdha, (28) parata, (29) ananta, (30) sâgara, (31)
avyaya, (32) aprameya, (33) atula, (34) ameya, (35) bhûri, and (36) mahâ-bhûri.³
Table of money-measures :
9. A purâṇa is equivalent to sixteen paṇas ; a paṇa is
equivalent to four kâkiṇîs ; and a kâkiṇî is equivalent to
twenty varâṭakas (cowries).⁴
Śrîpati's (1039 A.D.) dramma is equivalent to Śrîdhara's purâṇa.⁵
According to Nârâyaṇa (1356 A. D.) :⁶
12 paṇas = 1 dramma,
36 drammas = niṣka.
Table of weights :
10. A mâṣa is equal (in weight) to five guñjâs (Abrus
seeds) ; a weight of sixteen mâṣas is called a karṣa ; a karṣa of
gold is called a suvarṇa ; and four karṣas make a pala.⁷
Nârâyaṇa mentions one more weight, viz., tulâ, which is equal to
100 palas.⁸

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¹ See GSS, i. 63-68.
² This list is given in the end of Yallaya's commentary on Â. ii.
³ This list is given in Pâvalûri Mallikârjuna's Gaṇita-śâstra.
⁴ Cf. GT, p. 2, vs. 4 ; L (ASS), vs. 2.
⁵ See GT, p. 2, vs. 4.
⁶ See GK, I, p. 1, vs. 4.
⁷ Cf. GK, I, p. 2, vs. 5.
⁸ See GK, I, p. 2, vs. 5.