pagoda

n. கோபுரம், கோயில், தூபி, கோட்டம், புத்தவிகாரம், தூபிப்பாணியில் அமைந்த கட்டிடம், வராகன், தென்னிந்திய பழம்பொன் நாணயம்.

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Pa*go"da, n. Etym: [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr.Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.] 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower- like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship. 2. An idol. [R.] Brande & C. 3. Etym: [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] Defn: A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.

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