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वीस (vIsa)

 
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वीस
n.
a kind of dance,
Saṃgīt.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
vīsa (IE 8-8
EI 5), name of a coin (JNSI, Vol. XXVI,
pp. 127ff.)
cf. lokkiya-vīsa, probably meaning ‘a vīsa minted
at Lokkiguṇḍi’
Sanskrit viṃśa, viṃśaka, viṃśatika, or viṃśopaka.
(Ep. Ind., Vol. VI, p. 232, note 6), Telugu-Kannaḍa
(1/16) of a haṇa (paṇa)
but (1/20) of the standard coin in value
essentially.
(CITD), also called visā, visya, visāmu
Telugu-Kannaḍa
the fraction (1/10)
gold equal in weight to one grain of rice
(1/256) of a Hun or Pagoda
40 palas
a measure of land
equal nearly to 2 acres.