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address himself to any part of his superior liigher than his feet- Janglta , C. 203 tho 

 calf of the leg. (It miglit be conferred with or bc the same as aing ; see above Fr.). 



Ajangan, said of a great man, as much as His Honour - Ajangan tuan, your honour, 

 (certainly the same word as the two preceding ones. Fr.) 



A j a r , to instruct , to teach , to train , to learn- Ajara , a teacher in compound singhalese words , 

 as Loajara, a name of Buddha or Brahma, from Lo the world, Ajara, teacher G. 

 610. (8). 



Ajar, a recluse of former times, when the people were Buddhists, a hermit, an ascetic, 

 It is probably also derived from Ajara C- 610 a teacher. It may ho wever, be a contraction 

 of Acharya C. 61 a teacher a preceptor , dropping the final and constructive ya, and 

 softening down the rest of the word so as to suit Polynesian organs.. Thus we find 

 the father of Sawéla hala callecl Balia achar Raffles vol 2 P. 84 which is most pro- 

 bably an abbreviation of Balia- acharya (9). 



Ajar domas Eight hundred hermits who are said to have formerly lived abont the Pa- 

 losari hill in Bantam. 



Ajaran, admonition, reproof; to attempt, to try, to venture ones luck- ajaran lamun 

 daik hadé, try if it will succeed or become good. Ajaran meidi I ventured my luck 

 and bought some 



Ajëngan, the same as ajangan. 



Ajërutan, jumping along, skipping off- running like a hare or rabit. 



Aji, to study, lo learn, as at school, the formularies of religion ; to read religious books, 

 to recite prayers. The word Aji is most probably a corruption of the Sanscrit word 

 Adhi-i or Adhi to read. 



Aji, Price, Value, see Pangaji. (The same meaning has the word in Balinese Fr.). 



A j i , is a title preserved in old Javanese history in the name of Aji Sa/ca , who is suppo- 

 sed to have come to Java from the continent of India with colonists about A. D. 75 

 or 78 and to have introduced both the Hindu era and religion. Raffles vol 2 P. 66/68 

 The word Aji, as a title, is hearcl in Aji Jaya Baya, Aji Nirmala , and Aji Usi was a 

 celebrated giant of Sourabaja. Raffles 2 vol P. 75. 



In endeavouring to tracé the origin of this name, there is found in Clougli's Dictio- 

 nary Page 14 Ajhoaka, a kind of Hindu religious mendicant who goes about naked 



(8) I should divide Loaor lohan loka, (Cf. Patuha,a mountain in the Prianganregencies, which 

 I am inclined to derive from Skr. Pdtuha , the declivity of a mountain. The same alteration of 

 K. into h. is a rule in the Battak language)- and djard (being old age, djarat old) thus the old of 

 the world (or of the age) Fr. 



(9) The softening of the cha 'to ja is not necessary for the Polynesian organ, and is a thing rather 

 unheard of. The only softening of a temds to a media that takes place in Malay and Javanese 

 is that of ha to ga. Cf. Segala, telaga Avith the Skr. Sahala and talalca Fr. 



