Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. a small shell or cowrie (of which eighty = one pan2a paṇa, used as a coin or as a die in gambling, Cypraea Moneta) Comm. on VS. Comm. on Pa1n2. 250,1 43349 m. braided and knotted hair (esp. that of S3iva śiva, knotted so as to resemble the cowrie shell) L. 250,1 43350 m. (cf: c/atuṣ-kaparda.) 029621 250,1 43351 m. N. of a Yaksha yakṣa S3atr. 029622 250,1 43352
