Category:Pagoda

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.