982 Translation of the Ahom [Nor. 



4. There was no lord over the heavens. 



5. There was no human being but the earth was empty. 



6. Frosts and frogs formed the food of the forests. 



7. God, having transformed himself created the heavens as a spider 



spins her web. 



8. The earth was a thousand beons thick. 



9. God then rested for a few days. 



10. God said, let Brahma be created. 



11. I know not what deity or genius gave Brahma to us but him 



we received. 



12. That same Brahma been resting on the sky as a honeycomb. 



13. On this account all the world was a chaos. 



14. There was no umbrella-bearing king on the earth. 



15. God in the same manner as a spider, created the heavens. 



16. The mount meru (or the white rock) supports the earth. 



17. It also supports the numerous islands. 



18. He after the model (he had taken) created the earth. 



19. From one Brahma resembling a gilded egg, have proceeded 



many Brahmas. 



20. That God who at first created the earth now pervades it. 



21. The light that proceeded from the Brahma shone with bril- 



liancy, splendour, and glory. 



22. God rested on the sky as a honeycomb. 



Verbal analysis. 



1. Pin-ndng (written pinang in the plate) to be— like that ; jimmu-rdnak, 

 formerly or first beginning, — deserted or confused, chaos, er&ka ; Teo-fd, to 

 bottom — heaven: paimi-din, nonentity (is not) — earth. 



2. P&imi, is not ; lep-din, an island — land or globe ; mung-sa-teo, country — 

 to wish — below or under. 



3. Lai-tyun, many-fold : Tcup-lcup, layer-layer : m&i-tim-mung , trees — to be 

 filled — country ; tejao, end, a complete, all. 



4. TanJcb,, all or whole ; Jcrang-fa frost — sky ; freu-p&imi, anything — non- 

 existence ; nany-hit-tybo, of sitting — of doing — master. 



5. Khak'kh&i, division of divisions ; then-jin-Jcun, jungle — calm or quiet 



6. Kang-ia, to bring or keep (a thing) into subjection ; ai-mui, frost — fogs ; 

 dbi-ai-nya, to get — hope — forest ; te-jao complete. 



7. Kh&n-ta, word — only : jeu-kao, thread or fibre — of a spider; Ibk-pin-fb, 

 having transformed — become — heaven. 



8. Nb-ring, thick — thousand; ba-tyti-mung, beon (a measure of length con- 

 taining four cubits) yojan — four kroshas — country: ti-pun, place — of world; 

 tejbo, whole or complete. 



9. Tan-Ian, of that — afterwards 'Ju-mu, having remained — some days ; payu- 

 Idn, again or secondly — having remained — days (of a week), Tf? 8 -. 



