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द्रम्म (dramma)

 
Apte
English
द्रम्मम् [drammam], A drachma: (a word derived from the Greek drachme), sixteenth part of a Niṣka (= 128 वराटकs)
वराटकानां दशकद्वयं यत् सा काकिणी ताश्च पाणाश्चतस्रः । ते षोडश द्रम्म इहापि कीर्तितो द्रम्मैस्तथा षोडशकैश्च निष्कः ॥ Līlā.
Apte 1890
English
द्रम्मं A drachma
(a word derived from the Greek drachme).
Monier Williams Cologne
English
द्रम्म,
fr.
 and
=
 Gk. δραχμή,
Cat.
Col.
Monier Williams 1872
English
द्रम्म द्रम्म (fr. Gr. δραχμή), a drachma.
Macdonell
English
द्रम्म dramma (δραχμή), a coin = sixpence.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
द्रम्मम्
नपुं*
 - -
’द्रम’ नाम एक प्रकार का सिक्का
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
द्रम्म
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಹದಿನಾರು ಪಣಗಳು
प्रयोगाः - > "वराटकानां दशद्वयं यत् सा काकिणी ताश्च पणश्चतस्रः । ते षोडश द्रम्म इहापि कीर्तितो दम्मैस्तथा षोडशभिश्च निष्कः ॥"
L R Vaidya
English
dramma {% m. %} A drachma (a word of Greek origin).
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
dramma (EI 25, 30
CII 4
SITI
BL), name of a coin
originally derived from Greek drachma.
(IE 8-8), a silver coin, equal to one-sixteenth of a gold
niṣka according to the Līlāvalī.
Cf. pañciyaka-dramma (EI 30), Śrīmadādivarāha-dramma,
Vigraha-dramma, Vigrahapāla-dramma, Vigrahapāla-satka-dramma,
Vigrahapālīya-dramma, Vigrahatuṅgīya-dramma (IE 8-8
EI 1)
Bhīmapriya-dramma (IE 8-8)
poruttha-dramma (EI 23).--(IE 8-8),
cf. gara-dramma, dāya-dramma, belliya-dramma (i. e. silver dramma),
etc., of Kannaḍa inscriptions
the name dramma was also applied
to the silver coin called purāṇa, dharaṇa or kārṣāpaṇa, though it
was often used as the name of copper coins
money. For gold
and ordinary (copper) dramma, cf. Ep. Ind., Vol. XXX, p. 111.
Cf. vāśal-tiramam (SITI), door tax.
dramma, Indian form of Greek drachma
a silver coin (1/16) of
a gold niṣka according to the Līlāvatī
name applied to the
Śaka-type silver purāṇa, dharaṇa or kārṣāpaṇa (about 20 ratis,
also called rūpaka)
copper coin (dām) regarded as (1/40) of a
Mughal rupee
money in general
the name first occurs on the
Yaudheya coins.
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
द्रम्म
पु०
 लीला० उक्ते षोडशपणे “वराटकानां दशकद्वयंयत् सा काकिणी ताश्च पणचतस्रः । ते षोडश द्रम्मइहापि कीर्तितो द्रस्मैस्तथा षोडशभिश्च निष्कः”