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गद्याण (gadyANa)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
गद्याण - gadyANa -
m.
 - weight
Apte
English
गद्याण [gadyāṇa] न [n] ल [l] कः [kḥ], (न ल) कः A weight equal to 48 Guṅjās
cf.
Y.*
 3.258 com.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
गद्याण
m.
 a weight (= 32 Guñjās or berries of Abrus precatorius, or
=
 64 such Guñjās with physicians
=
 6 Māṣas of 7 or 8 Guñjās each,
ŚārṅgS.
 ),
Yājñ.
 iii, 258, Sch.
Macdonell
English
गद्याण gadyāṇa, °क -ka,
m.
 a certain weight.
L R Vaidya
English
gadyARa {% m. %} A weight equal to 48 gunjās.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
gadyāṇa (IE 8-8
EI 27, 30), also called gadyāṇaka, often
contracted as ga or gadyā
sometimes called pon-gadyāṇa or
gadyāṇa-ponnu indicating that it was a gold coin
sometimes
called suvarṇa
cf. bhairava-gadyāṇa, lokki-gadyāṇa (SII 11-2),
aṅka-gadyāṇa, gāva-gadyāṇa, komarina-gadyāṇa, priyaśrāha-gaja-
malla-gadyāṇa, ambili-gadyāṇa, jagadalaṃ-gadyāṇa, etc. Cf. also
aṟu-gadyāṇa (IA 12) and kula-gadyāṇa (EI 17), names of coins.
Cf. parameṣṭhi-gadyāṇa-ponna (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXVI, p. 61).
(SITI), name of a coin, probably equal to a varāha or
pagoda
cf. bṛhad-bhairava-gadyāṇa (EI 30)
also kaṭhāri-
aṅkuśa-gadyāṇa (EI 8), name of a coin with the representation
of a dagger and a goad
varāha-gadyāṇa (EI 8), name of the
gold coin called both varāha and gadyāṇa.
gadyāṇa (CITD), same as gadyāṇa
a coin like a farthing
equal to (1/4) or (1/5) of the paikamu
also a dināra or varāha
a weight used in weighing silver
equal in some places to 20
vals, 8 māṣas, or half a tola.
gadyāṇa, a gold coin or weight
generally regarded as 48
ratis (about 88 grains) in weight
sometimes called ‘the gold
gadyāṇa’
sometimes regarded as a coin like a farthing, equal
to (1/4) or (1/5) of the paikamu (q. v.)
regarded in some places as
equal to 20 vals, 8 māṣas or (1/2) tola.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
गद्याण
पु०
 भावप्र० कालिङ्गमानोक्तौ “यवद्वयेन गुञ्जा स्यात्त्रिगुञ्जो वल्ल उच्चते । माषो गुञ्जाभिरष्टाभिः सप्तभिर्वाभवेत् क्वचित् । चतुर्भिर्माषकैः शाणः स निष्कष्टङ्क एवच । गद्याणो माषकैः षड्भिः कर्षः स्याद्दशमाषिकः”इत्युक्ते अष्टचत्वारिंशद्गुञ्जामिते मानभेदे । स्वार्थे क ।तत्रार्थ । “तुल्या यवाभ्यां फथिताऽत्र गुञ्जा वल्लस्त्रि-गुञ्जो धरणञ्च गतेऽष्टौ । गद्यणकस्तद्द्वयमिन्द्र १४ तुल्यैर्व-ल्लैस्तथैकौ धटकः प्रदिष्टः” लीला० उक्ते परिमाणभेदे । तेनअष्टगुञ्जात्मकमाषषड्गुणतया तस्याष्टाचत्वारिंशद्गुञ्जामा-नत्वम् । क्वचिदस्य दन्त्यनमध्यतापि लमध्यता च । शब्द-कल्पद्रुमे क्लीवोक्तिश्चिन्त्या भावप्र० गद्याणशब्दस्य पुंस्त्वो-क्तेः स्वार्थिकप्रत्ययस्योत्सर्गतः प्रकृतिलिङ्गत्वौचित्यात् ।