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पोन् (pon)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
pon (SITI), also spelt poṉ
name of a gold coin also called
māḍai. Cf. pon-bhaṇḍāram, ‘gold-treasury’
pon-paṇḍāra-vāśal,
‘the gate of the gold-treasury
royal gold-treasury’
pon-vargam
(SITI), ‘a class of taxes payable in gold or coin
ponvari,
‘tax payable in gold (cash)’
also ‘the fee for minting gold into
coins’
probably, the same as ponvari-māḍai.
Cf. turai-miṉṉaṟ-pon (SITI), name of a coin.
(IE 8-8
EI 16), name of a coin
same as gadyāṇa, hūn
or varāha.
ponṉ (EI 24), a coin.
pon, also spelt poṉ in Tamil
same as hon (i. e. hūn or
varāha)
same as ‘gold’ māḍai, gadyāṇa, etc.
money. Cf.
Tamil pon-bhaṇḍāram, pon-paṇḍāra-vāśal
also pon-vargam, pon-
vari, etc., meaning ‘taxes payable in gold or coins’.