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On the history of the Burmah Mace. 



[No. 1, 



three kings of Dewd-da-hd, Kap-pi-la-wot and Kau-le-ya, with numer- 

 ous elephants, horses, and soldiers, carried white umbrellas, and attained 

 to the dignity of kings of a great country. 



From Ank-ka-moo-kha king of Kap -pi-la-wot, descended after many 

 thousand years king Dza-ya-the-na, His son was Thee-ha-Jta^noo, and 

 the latter's son was Thoo-dau-da-na. The sister of Ihee^ha-ha~noo was 

 Ya-thau-dha-ra. The son and daughter of Auk-ka-ka, the king of 

 De-wd-da-ha, were married to the daughter and son of king Dza-ya- 

 the-na of Kap-pi-la-wot. The children of the Dewd-da-ha chief were 

 Inzana the son, and Kinzana the daughter. Thee-ha-Jia-noo the son 

 of Dza-ya-the-na married Kinzana, and they had five sons named, Thoo- 

 dau-da-na, Dau-tau-da-na, Thek-Jcau-da-na, Thooh-kau-da-na, A-mee- 

 tau-da-na ; and two daughters, Amee-td and Pa-lee-td. Dza-ya-the- 

 na s daughter Ya-thaii-da-ya married In-za-na the son of king of 

 De-wd-da-ha, and had two sons, Dan-da-ha-nee, and Thoh-ha-hood-dha ; 

 and two daughters Thi-ri-itM-ha-ma-ya, and Pa-za-pa-tee-gaw-da-mee. 

 The elder daughter gave birth to the Phra loung* Prince Theiddatta ; 

 the younger daughter gave birth to Dza-na-pa-da-ka-lya-nee, called 

 also Hoo-pa-nan-da and Wanda. Ameeta the daughter of Thee-hd- 

 ha-noo, married Thoh-ha-hood-dha the son of In-za-na, and had a 

 daughter Dad-da-kin-za-nd, and a son De-wa-dat.f The Prince or 

 Phra loung Theid-dat-ta-kooma-ra the son of king Thood-dau-da-na 

 married Bad-dha-kin-za-nd called also Ya-thou-dha-ra, the daughter 

 of Thoh-ha-hood-dha king of De-wd-da-ha. They had one son Ya-hoo-la. 



The (maternal) grandfather of the Phra, named king In-za-na, 

 corrected the Calendar in the year 8645, and in 67 (of the new era) 

 the Phra loung entered the womb of Thi-ri-ma-M-md-ya, and when 

 ten months were completed he was born in the year 68, on the full of 

 the moon Ka-tshon. At sixteen years of age, he married Ya-thau-dha- 

 ra the daughter of Thoh-ha-hood-dha, and for thirteen years enjoyed 

 the life of a Prince in the palace. At twenty-nine years old, he went 

 forth from the palace, and having attained Boodhahood, and preached 



# Phra loung i. e. the embryo Phra, a term for Gautama Budlia. The word 

 Phra, now adopted into the Burmese language, is according to Professor Wilson 

 a corruption of the Sanscrit Prabhu Lord or Master. This appears to be the 

 most probable origin of the word. It certainly is not a pure Burmese word. The 

 orthography of it in ancient stone inscriptions at Pugan is Bu-rha and Pu-rha. 

 The Burmese have used the original much as European nations have the Pali 

 word Da-go-ba. The modern word is written Plm-rd. 



f This De-iva-datw&s the great opponent of Budha Gautama, They were first 

 cousins by birth, and Gautama had married Dewa-dat's sister. 



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