f^O ON THfc LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE 



Sr.'i>A or Si ta. Tliis narrative corresponds as far as 

 I have been able to learn, with the Sanscrit poem, 

 and almost all its incidents have been converted into 

 Natakas tor representation by the Siamese, in . the 

 same manner as the Barmas have employed the 

 incidents of the Yama-meng or Banna-Ramayan. 

 Rddin is the Siamese translation of a Javanese story. 

 Summitt-ta-ko-dom is the history of Somonakodom, 

 abiidged from the Bali, 'j'he JVet-jd-siin-don is the 

 histoiy of a Rajah who becomes an ascetic of the 

 forest, being struck with a fit of devotion at the 

 sight of a withered mango-tree, as he was walking 

 in his garden. Worawbng is the history of an unfor- 

 tunate Rajah, who fell in love with a lady, and was 

 slain by an enchanted spear which guarded her, one 

 night as he was escalading the window of his mis- 

 tress. This is also a subject of dramatic represen- 

 tation. Maho-sot contains the wars of Maha-sot 

 with Chor-ni, and is the same as the Barma Maho- 

 Suilia. Un-narat, narrates the story of Ani'rud'ha, 

 the grand-son of Krishna. ]\Ialdy relates the be- 

 nefits of Malay, the being whose otfice is to relieve 

 the torments of Naraka. Chaltncdn contains the 

 history of a destructive alligator, who falls in love 

 with a princess, whom he carries off to his recess in 

 the ocean, and the account of her rescue. P'hum- 

 hbm is the history of another princess of whom an 

 elephant was enamoured, and htv rescue. Rrafhom 

 is a mythological account of the origin of the universe, 

 accorcliug to the principles of the Budd'hist sect. 

 Nok-khum is the mythological account of the celebra- 

 ted Ha MSA. Pokha-nad-di is the history of Bma- 

 GAVATi. P'ha-fion-son-paja, contains tlie instructions 

 of the sagacious ape P'ha-mm. The Mak-kali-plion, 

 the adventures of the son of a chief, who possessed a 

 wonderful cow, resembling the Sanscrit Jiamad'hemf. 



