(Of the words here explained, only the meaning or meanings are given, attached to them in this book.) _agama buda_--lit. Buddhist creed; in native parlance, however, the word includes every pre-Muhammadan religion. _aksara_--character representing a Javanese consonant. _aloon aloon_--square or outer court before the dwelling of a native prince or chief. _ampilan_--articles of virtu belonging to a royal family, emblems of royalty. _amrita_--immortality, all-light; rejuvenating nectar of the gods. _api_--fire. _apsara_--heavenly nymph, produced by the churning of the ocean and living in the sky; spouse of a _gandharva_. _arahat_--he who has become worthy. _astana_--abode of some exalted personage. _avatar_--descent of a deity from heaven to assume a visible form on earth; incarnation of a god, especially of Vishnu. _babad_--chronicle. _banaspati_ (_wanaspati_)--conventional lion’s (or tiger’s) head, a frequently occurring motive in the ornament of Javanese temples. _banjir_--freshet. _batik_--the art of dyeing woven goods by dipping them in successive baths of the required colour, the parts to be left undyed being protected by applying a mixture of beeswax and resin. _batu_ (_watu_)--stone. _bedoyo_--young female or male dancer of noble birth at the Courts of Surakarta and Jogjakarta. _bikshu_--Buddhist mendicant monk. _bolook_--squirrel of the _Pteromys nitidus_ and _Pteromys elegans_ variety. _boreh_--preparation of turmeric and coconut-oil used in sacrifice and acts of adoration. _bupati_--regent. _chaitya_--place deserving worship or reverence. _chakra_--disk, wheel. _champaka_--tree, _Michelia Champaca L._, fam. _Magnoliaceae_, with sweet-smelling flowers. _chandi_--any monument of Hindu or Buddhist origin. _dagob_--structure raised over a relic of the Buddha or a Buddhist saint. _dalam_--lit. inside; private apartments of a royal palace or the dwelling of a chief. _dessa_--village. _dzikr_--lit. remembrance; invocation of God. _gamelan_--native orchestra. _gandharva_--heavenly singer, whose especial duty it is to guard the _soma_, to regulate the course of the sun’s horses, etc. _gardu_--guard-house. _garebeg besar_--feast of the sacrifice (_id al-qorban_). _garebeg mulood_--feast of the Prophet’s birth (_maulid_). _garebeg puasa_--feast of the breaking of the fast (_id al-fitr_). _garuda_--mythical monster-bird, enemy of the serpent-race; bearer of Vishnu. _grobak_--cart. _gunoong_--mountain. _guru_--teacher. _hadat_--usage, traditional custom. _haji_--one who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca. _hinayanistic_--pertaining to the canon of the southern Buddhist church or doctrine of the Lesser Vehicle. _inya_--nurse, maid, waiting-woman. _ishta devata_--pre-eminent god chosen for particular worship. _jaman (zaman) buda_--lit. the time of the Buddha, pre-Muhammadan days.