Māsha
Māsha · māsha, “a measure of gold”
Grammar: masculine noun; the name of a measure.
Meaning: a measure of gold or money.
In the scriptures: the bracket of the Brahma Parva says that one māsha is the weight of five guriginja seeds; a hearer of the Purāṇa gave the paurāṇika one gold māsha (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 94). In the list of dakshiṇās of the Madhyama Parva, a Yoni-kuṇḍa takes one cow and four māshās of gold; a Śaiva-yāga and an udyāpana take one māshā of gold; and a kākiṇī is a quarter of a māshā (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 2, Chapters 3–5).
Related terms: Kākiṇī · Rattī · Varāṭa · Dakshiṇā
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 94; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 2, Chapters 3–5