Monumental JavaScheltema, J. F. (Johann Friedrich )
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Monumental Java
Scheltema, J. F. (Johann Friedrich )
Indonesia -- Antiquities; Java (Indonesia) -- Antiquities; Monuments -- Indonesia -- Java
_paman_--uncle on the father’s side; appellation used in respectful
address of any senior in years.
_panakawan_--page, follower, retainer.
_panchuran_--water-conduit.
_pangeran_--prince.
_pantoon_--old and still very popular form of native poetry.
_pasangan_--character representing a Javanese consonant in the place
or (generally modified) form which marks the vowelless sound of the
preceding one.
_pasangrahan_--rest-house for officials on their tours of inspection.
_pasar_--market.
_payoong_--sunshade.
_pendopo_--open audience-hall in the dwellings of the great.
_prabha_--light, radiance, aureole.
_pulu_--island.
_puri_--name of the princely residences in Bali and Lombok.
_pusaka_--heirloom.
_raden_--title of nobility.
_raksasa_--evil spirit, ogre, generally of hideous appearance though the
female (_raksasi_) sometimes allures man by her beauty; _raksasas_ do
service as doorkeepers at the entrances of some Javanese _chandis_.
_ratu_--title for royal personages; king, queen.
_recho_ (_rejo_)--any sort of statue.
_sakti_--personification of the energy or active power of a deity as his
spouse; a god’s female complement.
_sangharama_--endowed convent.
_sanka_--conch-shell blown as a horn.
_sankara_--auspicious; causation of happiness.
_saptaratna_--the seven treasures.
_sasrahan_--wedding-present.
_satrya_--noble knight.
_sawah_--watered ricefield.
_selir_--wife of lower degree than the _padmi_ or first legitimate
spouse.
_sembah_--v. salute; n. (_persembah’an_) salutation.
_slamat_ (_salamat_)--success, blessing, prosperity.
_soma_--beverage of the gods.
_srimpi_--young female dancer of noble birth at the Courts of Surakarta
and Jogjakarta.
_stupa_--mound, tumulus; edifice raised to commemorate some event in the
life of a Buddhist saint or to mark a sacred spot.
_sugata_--pious brother on the road to Buddhist perfection.
_suling_--native reed-pipe.
_sumoor_--source, spring.
_susah_--trouble.
_taman_--pleasance.
_tara_--spouse of a Dhyani Buddha.
_telaga_--lake.
_tempo dahulu_--olden time.
_tengger_--pieces of wood or stone posts set up at the head- and
foot-end of graves.
_tesbeh_--string of prayer-beads.
_trimoorti_--(Hindu) trinity.
_trishula_--trident.
_tumenggoong_--regent in an official capacity somewhat different from
that of a _bupati_.
_upachara_--royal heirloom.
_upawita_--thread or cord worn by high-caste Hindus over the left
shoulder and passing under the right arm.
_vahana_--any vehicle or means of conveyance; animal carrying a deity,
representative of his characteristic qualities.
_vihara_--monastery; Brahma Viharas: sublime conditions of perfection.
_wali_--governor or administrator of a province; name given to those who
introduced the Muhammadan religion in the island.
_waringin_ (_beringin_)--tree of the genus _Ficus_ of which the most
frequent types in Java are the _F. consociata Bl._, the _F. stupenda
Miq._, the _F. Benjaminea L._ and the _F. elastica Roxb._
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