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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 12, col. 1.
    aṇḍikā f. N. of a weight (= 4 yava), Car.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 13, col. 3.
    aṇḍikā f. ein best. Gewicht, = 4 yava, Caraka 7, 12.

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    p. 19.
    aṇḍikā, weight equal to (1/4) of a māṣa (JNSI, Vol. XVI, p.

    48); same as the copper paṇa (ibid., Vol. II, p. 7); also called

    dhānaka and regarded as equal to 4 kārṣāpaṇas or to (1/12)th

    suvarṇa (ibid., p. 8).