… ■ Various qualities of a kahāpaṇa are referred to by Bdhgh in similes at Vism.437 and 515 Black kahāpaṇas are mentioned at…

…or to bet (a thousand i.e. kahāpaṇa’s or pieces of money) Vin.iii.138; Vin.iv.5; Ja.i.191; Ja.v.427; Ja.vi.192; Pv-a.151; & in phrase…

…-kahāpaṇa 1/2 kahāpaṇa AN.v.83.

• -kāsika (or ˚ya) worth half a thousand kāsiyas (i.e….

Aṭṭha¹

num. card, eight, decl. like pl. of adj. in-a A. The number in objective significance, based on natural phenomena: see compounds ˚angula, ˚nakha, ˚pada, ˚pāda B. The number in …

…sahassa˚; a heap of 1,000 kahāpaṇas Ja.ii.424; Ja.iii.60; Ja.iv.2
■ Note. bhaṇḍika is variant reading at Ja.iii.41 for…

…(usually consisting in 1,000 kahāpaṇas Ja.i.273; Ja.v.457; Ja.vi.178; Mil.10; Dhp-a.i.253. 3. division of space, quarter, side, place, region:…

…= vahasi Pv-a.14); tassa kahāpaṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ dh. “to inflict a fine of a k. on him Mil.171. 2. to hold back, restrain Vin.iv.261…

…Ja.iii.343 (bought for 700 kahāpaṇas), Ja.iii.347; Pp.56; Pv-a.112.

• -kammakara (porisa) a slave-servant, an unpaid…

…90,…

…i.e. a bronze coin worth 4 kahāpaṇas Vin.iv.255, Vin.iv.256. See Rhys Davids, Coins and Measures §§ 12, 22
■ “Golden bronze” in…

…arahanto Mil.6, Mil.18-kahāpaṇa-koṭi-santhārena “for the price (lit. by the spreading out) of 10 million kahāpaṇas” Vin.ii.159;…

…vasaṃ Dhp.48
■ na kahāpaṇavassena titti kāmesu vijjati appasādā dukkhā kāmā iti viññāya paṇḍito “not for showers of…

…which, beginning with kahāpaṇa, aḍḍha-pāda, places māsaka & kāhaṇikā next to mudhā “gratis.” It…

…Ja.iii.451; Ja.iv.138 (eight kahāpaṇas as a barber’s fee) DN-a.i.157 (= kappaka) Vv-a.207 (˚sālā a barber’s shop)

Sk. only snāpaka…

…Snp.402) Vv-a.67 (˚kahāpaṇa-sahassāni dāpesi), and paṇṇarasa (see [as f ī of the 15th or full-moon…

…(worth here 1/4 of a kahāpaṇa and double the value of māsaka; see also kākaṇikā).

*…

…for silver, alongside of kahāpaṇa-gabbha and suvaṇṇa˚); Vb-a.64 (explained as “kahāpaṇa”); Pv-a.95 (for rūpiya)

Vedic…

…of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of corn AN.iv.163, AN.iv.170; etc
■…

…Dhp.186 = Thag-a.287 (na kahāpaṇavassena t. kāmesu vijjati); n atthi t. kāmānaṃ Thig.487; Ja.v.486 (dhammesu) Vv-a.11; Pv-a.32 (˚ṃ…

…(˚bhūtāni pañca kahāpaṇa-satāni labhitvā with interest); Sdhp.40, Sdhp.230, Sdhp.258
■ See also…

buyer, hawker, dealer comb^d. with bhataka Dhp-a.i.119 = Ud.23 (C. explains by “yo kahāpaṇâdīhi kiñci kināti so upakkitako ti vuccati”) Pts.ii.196 (? T. upakkhittaka).

fr. upa + krī to buy

…fall MN.i.130 = Vin.ii.25 (kahāpaṇa˚); Dhp-a.ii.83 (kusuma˚)
■ Esp. the rainy season, lasting roughly from June to October…