s. m. (M.), ) lit. polishing. Wages for polishing; a deduction of from half to one anna per rupee, in addition to interest, made from a loan by the lender. Thus a kiráṛ lending one hundred rupees deducts six rupees and four annas as chilkáná; but he enters one hundred rupees in his books and charges interest on the full hundred. The Sikhs had several sort of rupees. Nának Sháhí struck in sambat 1844-45 was the final coin. Chilkáná was levied to make up the dífference between the value of the standard and other rupees.