242 TOUR FROM SOURABAYAj THROUGH KEDIRI, &C. 
Sanscrit etymology wliich will lend some countenance to this 
idea, Natha means a master, a chief, a lord, Ayrya , a 
term of high respect, of veneration, and applied to persons of 
high descent. These two terms, in Ceylon, are applied to 
Budha, but as a hyperbolical designation might on Continental 
India be applied to Brama. Supposing this to be the case, 
with the Javanese idiomatic Pa before a word and an after, 
denoting the abode or situation of any thing, we should have 
Pa-natha-ayrya-an contracted for the sake of euphony into 
Panataran, meaning “ the abode of the lord, the holy one/* 
The roomy balcony on the top of the basement story, and in 
front of the steps which lead to the top of the temple, would 
have afforded an appropriate spot, at a respectful distance, 
from which to pay devotion to the sacred image above. 
Large trees of a foot or two in diameter are growing from 
different parts of the edifice, and having inserted their roots 
between the layers of stone, which they have forced asunder, 
threaten sooner or later to cause great destruction. To fell 
the trees at once would perhaps only hasten the evil, but an 
attempt has been made at partial remedy by lopping off the 
branches and notching the stems, so as to let them die away 
by degrees. 
In front of the main building at a distance of about 40 or 
50 feet are several other buildings or their remains, so that 
there has originally been a group of which the one already 
described was the principal, and seated furthest within an 
enclosure, of which Horsfield says that it was “an extensive 
area of an oblong form, which was surrounded by an external 
wall of which the foundations can be traced throughout, and 
the whole was divided into three compartments .” 1 observed 
no trace of this compass wall, still it is not impossible that its 
foundations may exist, .were the rank weeds and tangled 
bushes cleared away all round. Exactly in front of the steps 
which lead up the face of stories No. 1 and 2 of the main 
temple, is a small square building of hewn stone, resembling 
both in size and structure those which form the lines of en¬ 
compassing temples at Chardi Sewu. It contains a central 
apartment, the roof of which consists of stones set like 
inverted steps, the walls are plain, and a pedestal still exists, 
but its occupant has gone: The back of this building is 
towards the main one, and its door looks thus towards the 
west, so as to face people entering the area. The building is 
sound and perfect, and above the door-way are seen some 
neatly chiselled characters in relief, apparently a date, of which 
notice will be taken by and bye. Distant a few yards to the 
