[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15875 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15875 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15875 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15875) 1598.—“The chief and most common money (at Goa) is called Pardauue (Pardao) Xeraphin. It is of silver, but of small value. They strike it at Goa, and it is marked on one side with the image of St. Sebastian, on the other with 3 or 4 arrows in a sheaf. It is worth 3 testoons or 300 Reys (Reas) of Portugal, more or less.”—Linschoten (from French ed. 71); \[Hak. Soc. i. 241, and compare i. 190; and see another version of the same passage under PARDAO\]. - [Previous: c10.15874](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15874) - [Next: c10.15876](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15876) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15875](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15875) · Pramāṇa