Journal of the American Oriental Society, Volume 17American Oriental Society., 1896 - Electronic journals "Proceedings" or "Select minutes of meetings" are included in each volume (except volumes 3, 12). |
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1863 PIJNAPPEL Achinese allusions amok appears Arabic Atharvan Atjehsche Avestan Babylonia badak banteng Batavia Brāh Brāhmaṇas Brahmanic Bundahish Cajeput common Compare compounds CRAWFURD dānastuti Dict dictionary dugong durian early books East eighth book English Epic family books FAVRE frog ginggang Gottheil Hist Hopkins ii.-vii Indian Indra Iranian Java Javanese kampong Kanva Kāṇva hymn kayu KLINKERT Lampong langit languages Lanman late hymn late verse late words later literature List Macassar Malay Archipelago Malay Archipelago 1890 Malay language Malayan Maleisch MARSDEN Mass Masudi meaning mentioned Nejef Nippur noun occurring in RV Oriental Society parallel passage period Persian poets Prof Professor regard reign rhinoceros Rig-Veda ROORDA VAN EYSINGA Smṛti Sundanese SWETTENHAM taal Theological Seminary tree Univ Upas Vāl Veda Vedic verb Vishtaspa WALL and TUUK woordenboek woordenlijst Words occurring York Zoroaster Zoroaster's καὶ
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Page 158 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 160 - Behold, God is great, and we know him not, Neither can the number of his years be searched out. For he maketh small the drops of water : They pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: Which the clouds do drop And distil upon man abundantly.
Page 156 - MAN'S CREATION AND FALL. It pleased God, in His wisdom and goodness, to create man out of the dust of the earth, and to breathe into his nostrils the breath of life, so that man became a living soul...
Page 200 - ... and he shall notify the meetings in such manner as the President or the Board of Directors shall direct. II. The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Society in a book provided for the purpose.
Page 165 - At Warka, for instance, excepting the triangular space between the three principal ruins, the whole remainder of the platform, the whole space within the walls, and an unknown extent of desert beyond them, are everywhere filled with human bones and sepulchres.
Page 113 - The pickle being thus weak, it keeps not the fish firm and hard, neither is it probably so designed, for the fish are never gutted. Therefore, in a short time, they turn all to a mash in the vessel; and when they have lain thus a good while, so that the fish is reduced to a pap, they then draw off the liquor into fresh jars, and preserve it for use.
Page 121 - Carpentaria, cajuputi-oil from Bouru, wild nutmegs and mussoi-bark from New Guinea, are all to be found in the stores of the Chinese and Bugis merchants of Macassar, along with the rice and coffee which are the chief products of the surrounding country. More important than all these however is the trade to Aru, a group of islands situated on the south-west coast of New Guinea, and of which almost the whole produce comes to Macassar in nntive vessels.
Page 1 - Sine dubio illic orta in Perside a Zoroastre, ut inter з auctores convenit; sed unus hic fuerit an postea et alius, non satis .constat. Eudoxus, qui inter sapientiae sectas clarissimam utilissimamque eam intellegi voluit, Zoroastren hunc sex milibus annorum ante Platonis mortem fuisse prodidit; sic et Aristoteles.
Page 113 - There is one mode of preparing and using fish, of so peculiar a nature, but so universally in use, that it is worth a detailed description. This preparation, called by the Malays blachang, and by the Javanese trasi, is a mass composed of small fish, chiefly prawns, which has been fermented, and then dried in the sun. This fetid preparation, so nauseous to a stranger, is the universal sauce of the Indian islanders, more general than soy with the Japanese. No food is deemed palatable without it.
Page 134 - Of this family, one of the most remarkable animals on the coast is the dugong ', a phytophagous cetacean, numbers of which are attracted to the inlets, from the bay of Calpentyn to Adam's Bridge, by the still water and the abundance of marine algae in these parts of the gulf.