Varāṭa
Varāṭa · varāṭa, “a cowrie”
Grammar: masculine noun: “a cowrie”.
Meaning: the cowrie shell as a unit of money.
In the scriptures: in the coin table of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, 80 varāṭas make 1 paṇa. The maker of a half-round kuṇḍa receives 10 varāṭas, and a bracket there gives 1 varāṭa as 80 kauḍīs (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 2, Chapters 3–5).
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 2, Chapters 3–5