Captain Jauzs Low on Buvpa and the Phrabat. 111 
ray; the Tris or trident, in one hand, and the Phra Khan, which is a four- 
edged weapon or mace, in the other. He is supported as usual on the lotus; 
but I cannot find that the Siamese know anything of his history, as received 
by the Hindus. Under the head Meru may be seen the account of thei 
ideas on the subject. 5 
The trident, when held by Stva, is symbolical of fire. It is borne also 
on the Siamese war flag at the top of the staff, Brana is supposed to 
have lost, through pride, one of his heads.* 
No. 54. 
Phummarocha. This represents, the Siamese say, the Méng P,ho thang, 
or beetle of the Golden Mountain. 
The Scarabeus is well known to have been one of the most venerated and 
universal symbols amongst the Egyptians. Maurice informs us, that the 
antients fancied that it was emblematical of the sun retrograding ; because 
it was supposed to be of the male gender only, and as it rolled its balls of 
sand backwards. The Moth, or Phalena, of the antients, was a constella- 
tion. The Burmans have likewise a Moth constellation. 
No. 55. 
Suwanna Kachhapo. This is the Golden Tortoise, or the Siamese P jiria 
Tat Thang. 
The Meru of Sanscrit writers rests on the back of the tortoise Cesava 
or Heri. An account of this animal is said to exist in the Bali Pannowat 
Sattang.+ It is also the Testudo of the sphere, and the Hindu emblem of 
strength. 
No. 56. 
Hangsa-cha. This is the famous Hunza, or goose, of the Brahmans. The 
Siamese term it Hong or Hongsa ; and say it lives and breeds in holes of 
the rocks, and descends into the marshy plains to feed. The Hunza is 
blazoned on the standard of Ava. The real bird so called is not however 
found, I believe, in that country. 
* Asiatic Researches, vol. iii. 
+ A tortoise is the emblem of Munisuvrara, the twentieth deified saint of the Jainas, 
according to Mr, H. T. Colebrooke. 
