𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨁

Niya Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मूल्य (mūlya).

Noun

𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨁 (muli)

1. price
   • 𐨣𐨁𐨩𐨁𐨡 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨁 𐨐𐨂𐨬𐨩𐨯 𐨤𐨪𐨁𐨡𐨅 𐨀𐨂𐨚 𐨀𐨒𐨁𐨫𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨯

     niyida muli kuvayasa paride uṭa agiltsa

     The price was taken from Kuvaya, 1 untrained camel.

Proper noun

𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨁 (muli)

1. a particular currency unit
   • 𐨟𐨱 𐨯𐨪𐨿𐨬𐨤𐨁𐨎𐨜 𐨒𐨎𐨣𐨣𐨅𐨣 𐨨𐨂𐨫𐨁 𐨱𐨂𐨡

     taha sarvapiṃḍa gaṃnanena muli huda

     So the whole sum being reckoned comes to 100 muli.

References

• Thomas Burrow (1937) The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan‎^[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 111
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mūlya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 592