माषक

{ māṣakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

माषक  m.  m. a bean, [Suśr.]
माषक  mn.  mn. a partic. weight of gold &c. (= 7 or 8 गुञ्जाs acc. to some about 4 1/2 grains), [Mn.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.] ( cf. पञ्च-म्°).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

माषकः [māṣakḥ]   1 A bean.
A kind of weight of gold; द्वे कृष्णले समधृते विज्ञेयो रौप्यमाषकः [Ms.8.135.]

Shabda-Sagara

माषक  m.  ( -कः)
1. A weight of silver of two Rattis or about 4(1/2) grains. 2. The same in gold.
3. A Māsha: see the last.
E. कन् added to the preceding.

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कन्