On Some Siamese Inscriptions (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from On Some Siamese InscriptionsWhich he, (a very interesting circumstance, ) calls Lai -su. The present wo1d for books 1n the Siamese language 1s Nangsa, pronounced by a fanciful whim and against all rules of Siamese grammar, as Nong-sfa. N ang-eu means verbally the writing on skins (nang), and thus illustrates in a strik ing way, the old traditions of the Lawa, Karen, &c., , regarding the former existence of parchment books, and it appears that the Siamese, a people of quite recent growth, as they could not understand the reason for the appellation, gave intentionally a different pronunciation, al though they retained the original spelling, a manner of proceeding, which could be illustrated by many similar examples in the Siamese language. The other term Lat-sat would, according to the same analogy, mean writing in (various) colours, or writing in stripes. A Chinese officer who visited Cambodia in the year 1295, says of the nga. N° 1. Stone i'nscription from 'cambodia.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.