यो दसैं , तिहारमा खेल्ने कौडा लाई english मा के भन्छ?   

Well I do not know the translation, and I doubt that there is any, anyway.

If there is none then, Just call it Cauda, explain the rules and the game. And let the original word "Cauda" be the english word. English language migrates many words from other different languages.

It is just the matter of promoting and introducing words to new culture that is different then ours.

ie.

"Guru", "jungle", "Mantra", "himalayas", "Karma" all these are hindi words, and the west did not know what they ment either, just 50 years back, and now everyone knows.

 

I would also call it "kouda"... the glamour of the game lies in its name...
I love this game...

The shells for kauda is called "Cowry".

kaudas are sea shells.

Try this site <A HREF="http://www.cowry.org/">for hawaiian cowries</A>

 http://www.cowry.org/

Kauda  . . i remember  the time when i was in +2 .  30,000 marda panja le .. even  all of my frens are abroad .. we talk on fone  about missing  kauda in tihar .  thats  our like tradition in back home  playin kaudi in tihar  .. and we  started around the age of 13 ... and we used to warm up with small bet like 40-50 rs  ..and then  later  . .   big people used to replace  us  and then real game  used to start with higher  bet  ..  people loosing and beting their  gold rings and so  on . .. .

   any guys have idea where  we can get cauda. .  mostlikely in los angeles... .  other wise have to hunt somewhere around in venice  beach  .. .  we have a plan ..  kauda hannne tihar ma ..  7-9 jana saathi  haru cha.  hanni vaniraheko cha..  if any body interested   ..  are welcome . ..

4 thadi . .. ...  4  thadi  ...  jhareko hanincha  .. dolar dollar

I brought kouda from Nepal as my thuloba in UK asked me it as a favour....
He invited me for a get together at his place during tihar....
Buda ko kouda hanne plan raichha..... tara dau chinne buda bahek kohi rahinchha.... so for the fair game,,, i was invited.... I was excited youth... started playing kouda with those old professional buda... other two were just there fun..... I won £ 400 in half an hour..... than those two amatuer buda left the game saying its mili bhagat ... It was afair game.. tiya dau hane ko... chha hhat saat thada lagatar haneko... buda haru ko satto gayoo..
Since than ... I have not get a chance to play kouda,,,, that was in 2005

I was asking this because i wanna order it from ebay to NY. We gonna play in tihar.