[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Administrative System of the Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923) › c13.5 # Administrative System of the Marathas c13.5 Administrative System of the Marathas c13.5 - **Language:** English ### [c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.5) Hon, Varaha and Pagoda are synonymous terms. The word Hon may be a corruption of Sanskrit Suvarna; Gerson da Cunha says that the original meaning of hun in Kanarese is gold (\*Contribution to the Numismatics\*, p. 10). Shivarai, Achyutrai, Devarai and Ramchandrarai Hons were Vijayanagar coins named after different kings who issued them, according to a custom prevalent in the country. The Portuguese chronicler Fernão Nuniz refers to this custom in the following words :—" On the death of that king Bucarao there came to the throne his son called Pureoyre Deorao, which in Canara means "powerful lord" and he coined a money of pardaos which even now they call "puroure deorao"; and from that time forward it has become a custom to call coins by the names of the kings that made them; and it is because of this that there are so many names of pardaos in the kingdom of Bisnaga." Sewel, \*A Forgotten Empire\*, pp. 300-301. Kaveripak, Sangari, Guti, Dharwari, Advani, Chandavari (Tanjore), Veluri and Ramnathpuri Hons, I suppose, derive their names from mint towns. Ibhrami was current in coast towns of Persia and Western India. It has been mentioned by Fryer as Embraims and Dr. Crooke explains in a foot-note—"probably Ibrahimi of Abraham. See John Fryer's \*East India and Persia\*, Vol. II (Hakluyt Society's edition), p. 137 and also Bird's \*History of Gujrat\*, p. 109. Katerai Hon was the Mysore Pagoda. For its weight and intrinsic value see Prinsep—\*Useful Tables\*. Forrest says "Six Canterai pagodas are nearly equal to five star pagodas"—\*Selection, Maratha Series\*, p. 717. Ananda Ranga Pillai mentions Saiyid Muhammad, Amaldar of Tadpatri (see \*The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai\*, Vol. VIII, p. 31 and p. 51) and we also read in his pages of Tadpatri \*dupattis\* (p. 208). Tadpatri Hon probably was a coin current in the district of that name. - [Previous: c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.4) - [Next: c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.6) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13) ## Cites (1) - [Suvarṇasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.other.suvarnasutra) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.5) · Pramāṇa