kārṣa

Dictionary meanings for kārṣa from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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kārṣa

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

m. (kṛṣ; g. chattrādi), one who ploughs, a peasant, husbandman DivyA7v. 276,3 48968 f. See gomaya-k. 032949 276,3 48969 m. id. Katha1s.; Ra1jat. v, 169. 032950 276,3 48970 mn. (g. ardharcādi; cf. karṣ) weighing a Karsha karṣa, a coin or weight of different values (if of gold, = 16 Ma1shas mAza s, see karṣa; if of silver, = 16 Pan2as paRa s or 1280 Kowries, commonly termed a Kaha1n Kahan; if of copper, = 80 Raktika1s...

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