This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...is a solid building of masonry, built to contain a relict, either of some great Budhist Saint or even of Budha himself. The principal pagoda at Prome, a town about fifty miles south of Myede, is called "the royal hair pagoda," as it is popularly believed to contain some of Budha's hairs. "Nat, a being superior to man; ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ...is a solid building of masonry, built to contain a relict, either of some great Budhist Saint or even of Budha himself. The principal pagoda at Prome, a town about fifty miles south of Myede, is called "the royal hair pagoda," as it is popularly believed to contain some of Budha's hairs. "Nat, a being superior to man; the good Nats guard holy places. Memorandum on the inscription upon the Burmese Bell. "In addition to the remarks which I have made, I may state the bell was cast by the Governor of Hansawati, which is the classic name for Pegu, that his wife was probably of Mun or Pegu race, and therefore the name of the pagoda where the bell was dedicated is given in the Mun language. The pagoda is a well known one at Prome, a town on the Irrawadi river. It appears from the last line of the inscription to have been hung under a handsome roofed building or campanile. This portion of the "first part" of the inscription has not been translated, because what follows gives a certain weight of silver as paid, but as the meaning is obscure from a portion being illegible, I have omitted the sentence; the rest of the inscription is clear, and very few words have been omitted in the translation; I have added a few notes to explain some words. "Bells are not used in Burmah to call worshippers together, but are hung within reach of everyone, in the immediate vicinity of pagodas and other places of worship, for the use of individual worshippers. On presenting an offering to the pagoda or image, the worshipper strikes the bell, "to give notice to men and angels" (such is the usual phrase) that an act of worship, or a good deed, has been performed. The bell is struck with a wooden mallet, or a deer's horn. I never saw a Burmese ...
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