_mantri_--in Malay countries a native official of high rank; minister of state, councillor; in Java a native official of lower rank.
_mas_--lit. gold; title given to native noblemen and also, in courteous address, to commoners.
_mboq_--title given to women in courteous address.
_melati_--shrub, _Jasminum Sambac Ait._, fam. _Oleaceae_, with sweet- and rather strong-smelling flowers.
_negri jawa_--country of the Javanese, Java.
_nirvana_--extinction of existence, the highest aim and highest good.
_oorna_--tuft or bunch of hair between the Buddha's eyebrows.
_orang kechil_--lit. the little men, the lower classes.
_padri_--one of a sect which, in the manner of the Wahabites, tried to rouse the Muhammadans of the Padang Highlands in Sumatra to more orthodox zeal.
_paman_--uncle on the father's side; appellation used in respectful address of any senior in years.
_pantoon_--old and still very popular form of native poetry.
_pasangan_--character representing a Javanese consonant in the place or (generally modified) form which marks the vowelless sound of the preceding one.
_pasangrahan_--rest-house for officials on their tours of inspection.
_pendopo_--open audience-hall in the dwellings of the great.
_puri_--name of the princely residences in Bali and Lombok.
_raksasa_--evil spirit, ogre, generally of hideous appearance though the female (_raksasi_) sometimes allures man by her beauty; _raksasas_ do service as doorkeepers at the entrances of some Javanese _chandis_.
_ratu_--title for royal personages; king, queen.
_sakti_--personification of the energy or active power of a deity as his spouse; a god's female complement.
_sankara_--auspicious; causation of happiness.
_selir_--wife of lower degree than the _padmi_ or first legitimate spouse.
_sembah_--v. salute; n. (_persembah'an_) salutation.
_slamat_ (_salamat_)--success, blessing, prosperity.
_srimpi_--young female dancer of noble birth at the Courts of Surakarta and Jogjakarta.
_stupa_--mound, tumulus; edifice raised to commemorate some event in the life of a Buddhist saint or to mark a sacred spot.
_sugata_--pious brother on the road to Buddhist perfection.
_tengger_--pieces of wood or stone posts set up at the head- and foot-end of graves.