Publications, Issue 34Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland, 1833 - 224 pages |
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Page 17
... elephant should appear : " and no sooner has he uttered the words , than an enormous elephant does appear . For it must be observed , that animals , in the abodes of Nat , are ideal , and created by the Nat themselves , for a given ...
... elephant should appear : " and no sooner has he uttered the words , than an enormous elephant does appear . For it must be observed , that animals , in the abodes of Nat , are ideal , and created by the Nat themselves , for a given ...
Page 60
... elephant ; and in this he was gratified in the year 1805 , by the taking of a female one in the forests of Pegù . This anxiety to be master of a white elephant arises from the idea of the Burmese , which attaches to these animals some ...
... elephant ; and in this he was gratified in the year 1805 , by the taking of a female one in the forests of Pegù . This anxiety to be master of a white elephant arises from the idea of the Burmese , which attaches to these animals some ...
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... elephant ; but he allows the royal family and the greater Mandarins to use them . The hunting of the wild elephant is the principal amusement of the Emperor ; and indeed this spectacle is the delight of all the inhabitants of the ...
... elephant ; but he allows the royal family and the greater Mandarins to use them . The hunting of the wild elephant is the principal amusement of the Emperor ; and indeed this spectacle is the delight of all the inhabitants of the ...
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abodes adore afterwards alms Alomprà Amarapura animals Badonsachen Baos belong body Brahmins brother Burmese Empire Burmese language called cause ceremonies clothes colour concubines creditor crime cubits daughter death debt debtor divided dower Emperor evil father Fire Fire Fire four fruit give given Godama gold habit hells Hence honour husband inhabitants judge judicial astrology juzenà kill kinds king kingdom of Ava labour lawsuit live Mandarins manner marriage married Martaban master master of ceremonies moon Mount Miemmò mountains Navè Niban night obliged observed Octavo Pagodas palace parents Pegù Peguans Persian person planets possession present priest princes Pron punished rain Rangoon received reign restore rice rich river royal Rupà rupees Sciam seat seven silver slave southern island species Talapoins thing throne translated trees village white elephant Whoever wife wives woman wood Zabudibà Zempiuscien Zian