rajata

silver DN.i.5 (explained at DN-a.i.78 as a general name for all coins except gold: kahāpaṇas etc.); SN.i.92; Snp.962 (in simile explained at Mnd.478 as jātarūpa), Ja.v.50; Ja.v.416 (hema˚ gold & silver); Vv.35#1 (˚hema-jāla); Dhp-a.ii.42 (˚paṭṭa silver tablet or salver); Dhp-a.iv.105 (˚gabbha silver money box or cabinet for silver, alongside of kahāpaṇa-gabbha and suvaṇṇa˚); Vb-a.64 (explained as “kahāpaṇa”); Pv-a.95 (for rūpiya)

Vedic rajata; see etym. under rajati