Definition of Pagda
Pagoda, an Indian or Chinese temple, associated chiefly with
Buddhism, of a more or less pyramidal form and of several storeys, the
most imposing being the Greek Pagoda of Tanjore; the name is applied also
to a gold coin worth 7s. 6d. stamped with a pagoda.
- Wikipedia
Pa*go"da (?), n. [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. [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a
deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An Asian religious building, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a shrine or temple.
- An ornamental structure, of that design, erected in a park or garden.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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