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[127] These days humanity has lost its [...] basket of literature was filled with cowrie shells [...] may find the path to longevity.

[30] Kut́a also means [...] be given) or one kaparda (cowrie; kapardaka meant a cowrie with a hole that was not accepted [...] kapardakahiina [penniless].

[147] By adding ka to the word kaparda [...] ancient times people used to use cowrie shells as a means of exchange; thus the colloquial meaning of kapardaka is “cowrie shell”. If we say that someone [...] don’t have any rags at all.

[28] 4. Take 1/16 tola (not more than that) of ash of a cowrie, wrapped in a betel leaf, after [...] 1 )