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ānā

Notes [fr. S. *āṇvaka- ?] n. var. ānnā; 1) monetary unit worth one sixteenth of a rupee with four ānās constituting one sukā, equivalent to one ganḍā; in documents usually represented by one to three diagonal dashes, sometimes as a loop with two or three jags. 2) sixteenth part of land, property etc. (cf. Parājulī et al 1995: s.v. ānā).
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