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475 the Elu or ancient form of Budcllia ; Eaja , King. Boro Buclu Eaja, the Great King Bud- 

 dha , elided into Boro Budur; or it tnay mean the encompassing of KingBuddha, from the 

 place having perhaps originally been the depository of some relic of Buddha, as such 

 relies were highly valued, and sent every where and preserved wherever Buddhism made 

 its way , and preserved in Dagabas or 'Domes. The temple of Boro Budur is surroun- 

 ded by many such Dagabas, with an extra large on e in the centre, which has been 

 evidently intendeel for such a Dagaba. Dagaba, C. 264 from Da or Data, a bon e and Gaba 

 from Garbbha the womb , a large solid building in the form of a Cone raised close to the 

 Buddhist temples , and is an object of the hïghest veneration. The erection of these 

 Dagabas had its örigin in the fable that after the death of Buddha, his body, accor- 

 ding to the custom of the country where he lived, was burnt. After the conflagra- 

 tion had ceased, certain portions of his bones had survived the operation of the fire; 

 these were carefully collected and deposited with great pomp and solemnity by the 

 priests in a building of this kind, raised for the purpose; afterwards, these sacred re- 

 lies were divided, and sent over the world, for the purpose of religious veneration; 

 every temple had its Dagaba, and every dagaba lias a portion of these bones. (28). 



Borobot, expressive of the sound of any tliing giving way, and about to break, as a 

 dam of earth, a fence, or of an animal rushing out of the jungle. 



Boroboi, name of a tree Gynotroches axillaris, of the family of Guttiferae. 



Borocho, a plant, the Celosia argentea of Blume, of the family of Amaranthaceae. It 

 has a red stem and leaf , and is a pretty object in a garden. O f ten planted by the na- 

 tives in their humahs. 



Borok, ulcerated breakino; out in scabs. 



Borokosokol, a variety of small Cockroach- a Blatta. 



Borolog, great in size; said of grain, particularly Paddy. 



Borong, to take work by the piece, to buy whole sale; to undertake anything on a 

 large scale ; Tali borong sia bal thafs your look out. 



Borongan, is any work or undertaking taken by the piece- a set task. 



Boronjotan, a collection of immediats relations. Saboronjotan habéh geus kumpul di 

 lumbur, all the relations of one family are collected together in the village. 



B o r o n y o d k ë n , to extricate a pedaty or Cart which has stuck fast in mud , or in a hole 

 by helping out with extra buffaloes. 



B o r o s , the inner and tender shoots of certain plants , particularly of Schitamineae , and of 

 the Plantain , which are eaten raw or cooked. 



Bosën, disgusted with, tired of, said of anything which one has to satiety, loathing. 



(28) Bara in Kawi is a large number (hundred millions) like the Scr. arbuda; budur is also cal- 

 led Budo, and the word might mean » the innumerable Buddhas", there having been about 900 



large figures of Buddha. Fr. 



