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Kākiṇī

काकिणी

The cowrie. Four fingers each way, six-sided, twelve-edged, anvil-shaped, eight suvarṇas in weight; it destroys darkness for twelve yojana (§9; Jambūdvīpaprajñapti 54).

With it Bharata drew forty-nine circles of light in Tamisrā, one at every yojana, five hundred bows across, that lasted as long as he lived - and with it he wrote his name on the east face of Ṛṣabhakūṭa. A thousand yakṣas attend it.

THE FOURTEEN RATNASVinītāseven one-sensedseven livingCakra · the discusarose in the armoury · 16,000 yakṣasChatra · the parasolarose in the armouryDaṇḍa · the staffarose in the armouryKhaḍga · the swordarose in the armouryCarma · the hideappeared in the treasuryMaṇi · the gemappeared in the treasury · 4 fingers · 1,000 yakṣasKākiṇī · the cowrieappeared in the treasury · 4 × 4 fingers · 1,000 yakṣasSenāpati · the generalarose in VinītāGṛhapati · the stewardarose in VinītāVārdhaki · the architectarose in VinītāPurohita · the priestarose in VinītāGaja · the elephantarose at the foot of VaitāḍhyaAśva · the horsearose at the foot of VaitāḍhyaStrī · the queenborn in the northern Vidyādhara rowsizes are stated for two of the fourteen; the rest are not stated in the text and are left blank
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Measurements and counts

Classone-sensed
Arosethe treasury (Bharata's)
Size4 × 4 fingers
Weight8 suvarṇa
Lights12 yojana
Yakṣas1,000

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10