Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 42
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ 156 THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY [JUNE, 1915. (d) one Siamese coin bent (tikal) used by gamblers as being easy to pick up. ) Ode Penang coin with Malay legend :- Pulau Pinang on one side, and arms of the British East India Company on the other. () three old cash, much defaced : one with Trenggana clearly written (t-t-ng-a-nu): the other illegible. (9) four American half-dollars, which go by the name of jampal : the oldest 1810. (1) four Java coins (guilder, hall-guilder, quarter-guilder, eighth-guilder). The two latter have Malay and Javanese inscriptions ;-sa-pèrčmpat rupiye (quarter rupee) and sa-pörpuloh rupiya (eighth-rupee) respectively. 21. Pahang. In a Malay house on the Lebih, I saw cash hung upon the strings of a para (hanging tray), wbich was suspended over the hearth, just as they are hung upon the strings of an anchak (tray for offerings to the spirits). Deer-hoofs' were hung underneath the para, just as is the case with the hoofs of the goat, whenever one is sacrificed for exposure in an anchak. In the same way coins are fixed to the shrouds of the spirit-boat (lanchang). In faet it seems pretty generally understood by all the Malays in the Peninsula that the spirits will appreciate the value of cash. Pahang is part of the British protectorate. Kelantan, Patani, Trengganu and Kedab, including Setul, Perlis, Singora and Patalung are under Siamese administration, 28a 22. Patani : Jambu (Jering). Gold weights. 2 saga kēnděri 20 = 1 saga běsar 4 saga kěnděri =1 kupang 4 kupang = 1 'mas (niace) 16 'mas = 1 tahil (tael) of 16 dollars 23. Patani: Raman-Ligeb. Gold weights.30 4 lada = 1 puchok 4 pachok = 1 padi (saga kěnděri) 4 kěnděri = 1 'mas 5 kěnděri = 1 kupang 8 kěnděri = 'l rial (Sp. dollar). 15 rial = 1 tahil 24. Patani : Raman-Ligeh Silver weights.90 2 pachok = 1 padi 3 padi = 1 cents 6 padi = 1 kěnděri II: West Coast. 25. Singapore and Malacca Carrency. 4 duit (t cent.) make 1 sen (cent.) 2 sen ► 1 wang 10 wang , 1 suku (quarter dolar) 4 suku . 1 ringgit (dollar) 26. Perak. Wang baharul means the new (silver) piece valued at 2 cents. According to Klinkert, 33 the wang (uwang) was a small piece of money = 10 duit = een dubbeltje (a Duteb ana Trenganu, Kelantan, Kodah and Perlis bave since been transferred to British territory. * Kindari seeds = oandareon: saga dinar=grest wood. Saga by itself means usually tho kandant or oandareen, i..., seed of the adonanthera pavonina, which is double of the abrua precatoria seed. Here however Haga konddri is clearly the latter and saga War the former. ** It seems possible that in these omBON the informant mixed up weights with relative and absolute value. 11 Maxwell, Malay Manual, p. 142. n Nieuw M-N. Woordenboek.

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