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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JULY, 1956.
English.
Manipârti
Seurse of the Manipuri.
samat
5 sel
100 sama makhai
100 and a half senmanga... .. senmanga makhâi
5 sél and a half sîma yang bai ...
150 sima-yâng khai makhai
150 and a half seni sendába
200 less a set sani makhai-tâbâ...
200 less a half sans ... in
200 sani makhai
200 and a half sani phaigak ...
200 and a phaigak san-phaigak makhi
200 and a phaigak and a balf sani yảngkhai ... sani-yângkhai makhải
250 and a half sahům sendib& ...
300 less a sel sahům makhai-taba
300 less a half sabûm ... -
300 sahům makhai ...
300 and a half saham phaigak ...
300 and a phaigak And so on up to 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, and 80 sél, each octave, or double quartette, following the system of nomenclature seen in the octave 16-24.
According to this motliod of reckoning, the coined parts of the Britisb rupee in silver would show in accounts as follows:
The Bupee in Manipurf Accounts.
250
English
Vulne in sél.
Manipurl.
Sense.
5,000
..
400 sél 200 sel- 100 sel
..
Rupee ... 8-anna piece 4-anna piece 2-anna piece
2,500
lishing mangh ... ... lisbing ani samanga lishing ama sapi yang khai. såtaruk“phaigalsss... ...
1,250
50 sel
600 and a phai
Par
ga
* Also stark stlama. SA The phaigak being 25 cowries, the expression = 625. Ita form arises out of the scale just given, by which l = 12 quartettes, i. e., 48 + 2 (phaigak) el.
50
