[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c9.185 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.185 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.185 - **Language:** English ### [c9.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.185) \*pagoda\*, also called ‘star \*pagoda\*’; Anglicised form of the name of the gold coin called \*gadyāṇa\*, \*hūn\* (\*hon\*) or \*varāha\*; since the word \*pagoda\* also meant ‘a temple’, the coin seems to have been so named owing to the representation of a temple or a deity on it; \*pagoda\* may be a corruption of \*bhagavatī\* meaning ‘the mother-goddess’. - [Previous: c9.184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.184) - [Next: c9.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.186) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.185) · Pramāṇa