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JOURNAL
OF THE
AIEEICAN OBIENTAL SOCIETY.
FOURTH VOLUME.
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY
BY
GEORGE P. PUTNAM & Co. 10 Park Place.
MDOOOLIV.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by the
AMEnrcAN Oriental Society,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut.
new haven:
printed by b. l. hamlen,
Printer to Yale College.
CONTENTS
FOURTH VOLUME.
Page.
Additions to the Library and Cabinet of the American Oriental
Society, Feb., 1853 — July, 1854 , i-xiv
List of the Members of the American Oriental Society, corrected
to July, 1854, xv
Select Minutes of Meetings of the Society xxiii
Art. L — Tattuva-Kattalei, Law of the Tattuvam. A Synopsis
of the Mystical Philosophy of the Hindus, translated
from the Tamil, with Notes, by Rev. Henry R. Hoisington,
Missionary of the American Board in Ceylon, 1
Art. H. — Siva-Gn.a\na-Potham, Instruction in the Knowledge of
God. A Metaphysical and Theological Treatise, trans-
lated from the Tamil, with an Introduction and Notes, by
Rev. Henry R. Hoisington, Missionary of the American
Board in Ceylon, 31
Art. HI. — Mdlamcli, or the Bdddhist Genesis of Eastern India,
from the Shan, through the Talaing and Burman, by
Rev. Francis Mason, M. D., Missionary of the American
Baptist Missionary Union in Burma, 103
Miscellanies :
L Orthography of Armenian and Turkish Proper Names 119
TL. On the Malalengara, 122
IV
Page.
Art. IV. — Siva-PieakIsam, Light of Sivan, a Metaphysical and
Theological Treatise, translated from the Tami}, with
Notes, by Eev. Henry E. Hoisington, Missionary of the
American Board in Ceylon, 125
Art. V. — On the History of the Vedic Texts, by "William D.
"Whitney 246
Art. VI. — The State and Prospects of the English Language in
India, by Eev. David 0. Allen, D. D., Missionary of the
American Board in India, 263
Art. VIL — The Talaing Language, by Eev. Francis Mason, M. D.,
Missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union in
Burma, 277
Art. VIIL — On the Karens, by Eev. E. B. Cross, Missionary of the
American Baptist Missionary Union in Burma, 289
Art. IX. — Comparative Vocabulary of the Sgau and Pwo Karen
Dialects, by Rev. Nathan Brown, Missionary of the Amer-
ican Baptist Missionary Union in Asam, 817
Art. X. — Chinese Local Dialects Reduced to "Writing, by Eev.
Moses C. "White, Missionary of the Methodist Episcopal
Missionary Society at Fuhchau ; to which is appended an
Outline of the System Adopted for Romanizing the
Dialect of Amoy, by Hon. Charles "W. Bradley, late
Consul of the United States at Amoy, 327
Art. XI. — Treaty between the United States of America and the
Sultan of Maskat : the Arabic Text accompanied with a
Translation and Introduction by Alexander L Ootheal, . . 341
Art. XII. — Notice of a Life of Alexander the Great, translated
from the Syriac by Eev. Dr. Justin Perkins, Missionary of
the American Board among the Nestorians, with extracts
from the same, by Theodore D. "Woolsey, President of
Vale College, 367
V
Miscellanies :
Page.
I. Translatibn of the Fermdn granted by Sultdn 'Abd-ul-Mejeed to
his Protestant Subjects, 443
IL The so-called Nestorian Monument of Singan-fu, 444
III. Some Characteristics of the Shemitic and Japhetic Families of
Languages, applied to the Classification of the Languages of
Southern Africa 445
IV. Letter from Rev. Dr. J. L. Krapf, 449
V. Grammar and Dictionary of the Zulu Language, 456
VI. The Law of Storms in Chinese, 456
VII. Bibliographical Notices:
1. Lepsius on the First Order of Egyptian Deities, ±5*1
2. Vullers' New Persian Lexicon 462
3. New Sanskrit Lexicon, 464
4. Benfexjs Manual of the Sanskrit Language, 466
VIII. Letter from H. Lobdell, M. D., Missionary at MosiX, respecting
some Recent Discoveries at Koyunjilc, 472
COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION
foe 1853—1854.
Edward E. Salisbury,
Josiah W. Gibbs,
Charles Beck,
William D. Whitney.
If. B. In Vol. iii. Article iv., being a Catalogue of works in the Armenian
language, the following corrections are to be made :
In the directions for pronunciation (p. 245), erase the line " it ... as the
German 6 ;" and throughout the Catalogue, wherever u occurs, make it simple
«, having the sound of short u in but.
Also, wherever in the Catalogue a name ends in tiun, erase the i, and pro-
nounce the u like the French u, according to the directions for pronunciation.
H. G. 0. Dwight.
Constantinople, Mar. 1. 1854.
MISCELLANIES.
MISCELLANIES.
LIST OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE
AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY.
(Corrected to July, 1854.)
MEMBEES
AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY.
CORPORATE MEMBERS.
Ezra Abbott, Jr.,
Prof. G. J. Adler,
Dr. Henry J. Anderson,
Rev. Dr. Rotus Anderson,
Prof. Ethan A. Andrews,
Prof. Charles Bece,
Rev. Hiram Bingham,
Rev. Isaac Bird,
Rev. Samuel R Brown,
Eliot Bobritt,
Dr. Joseph G. Cogswell,
Alexander I. Cotheal,
Prof. Alpheus Crosbt,
Prof. Howard Crosbt,
Hon. Caleb Gushing,
Prof. George E. Day,
Epes S. Dixwell,
George B. Dixwell,
John J. Dixwell,
*Peter S. Duponceau,
Rev. Dr. John P. Durbin,
*Rev. Dr. Bela B. Edwards,
Prof. Romeo Elton,
*Hon. Alexander H. Everett,
Hon. Edward Everett,
Prof. Cornelius C. Felton,
vol. IV.
Cambridge, Mass.
New York.
Boston.
New Britain, Ct.
Cambridge, Mass.
New Haven.
Hartford.
Owasco, N. T.
Worcester, Mass.
New York.
Newburyport, Mass.
New York.
Washington.
Cincinnati.
Cambridge, Mass.
Boston.
Philadelphia.
Andover, Mass.
Exeter, England.
Boston.
Cambridge, Mass.
XV1U
Charles Folsom,
John M. Forbes,
FRANCIS GARDNER,
Prof JosrAH W. Gibbs,
George R. Gliddon,
Rev. David Greek,
"William W. Greenoitgh,
Prof. Arnold Guyot,
Prof. James Hadley,
RlCHAED K. HAIGHT,
Horatio E. Hale.
Prof. Fitz-Edward Hall,
Prof. Ges9ner Harrison,
Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks,
Stanislas Hernisz.
William B. Hodgson,
Rev. Samuel Hdtchings,
James J. Jarves,
*Rev. Dr. S. Farmar Jarvis,
Joseph W. Jenks,
Rev. Dr. William Jenks,
Prof. C. C. Jewett,
*Pro£ James L. Kingsley,
Charles Kraitsik,
Prof George M. Lane,
Prof Francis Lieber,
Prof. John L. Lincoln,
Lieut. William F. Lynch, U.S.N.
Rev. William A. Macy,
Hon. George P. Marsh,
Rev. James L. Merrick,
*Edward Moore,
*Dr. Samoel G. Morton,
Rev. Dr. James Murdoch,
Rev. Mark Murphy,
Prof. John J. Owen,
Rev. Theodore Parker,
Rev. Dr. Solomon Peck,
Gregory A. Perdicaris,
Dr. Charles Pickering,
*Hon, John Pickering,
Rev. Dr. Swan L. Pomroy,
Cambridge, Mass.
Boston.
<(
New Haven.
Philadelphia,
Windsor, Vt
Boston,
Cambridge, Mass.
New Haven.
New York.
Benares, India.
Charlottesville, Va.
New York.
New York.
New Haven.
Boston.
Middletown, Ct.
Boston.
Washington.
New Haven.
Boston.
Cambridge, Mass.
Columbia, S. C.
Providence.
New York.
Burlington, Vt.
South Amherst,
Newport, R. L
Philadelphia.
New Haven.
Staten Island.
New York.
Boston.
Newark, N. J.
Boston.
XIX
George "W. Pratt,
Rev. Chandler Robbins,
Rev. Dr. Edward Robinson,
Prof. Edward E. Salisbury,
Rev. Dr. Barnas Sears,
Charles Short,
Prof. J. M. Smead,
Evangelinus A. Sophocles,
Prof. Jesse A. Spencer,
"William W. Stone,
Prof. Calvin E. Stowe,
*Prof. Moses Stuart,
Rev. James B. Taylor,
*Rev. Oliver A. Taylor,
Samuel H. Taylor,
*Rev. Daniel Temple,
Prof. Thomas A. Thachib,
Rev. Selah B. Treat,
Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Turner,
"William W. Turner,
Rev. Ferdinand De W. Ward,
Rev. Pres. Francis Wayland,
*Noah Webster,
Prof. "William D. Whitney,
Hon. Sidney "Willard,
Rev. George "W. Wood,
Rev. Pres. Leonard "Woods, Jr.,
Rev. Pres. Theodore D. "Woolsey,
Joseph E. Worcester,
New York.
Boston.
New York.
New Haven.
Newton Centre, Mass.
Philadelphia-
Williamsburg, Va.
Cambridge, Mass.
New York.
Andover, Mass.
Richmond.
Manchester, Mass.
Andover, "
Reading, "
New Haven.
Boston.
New York.
"Washington.
Geneseo, N. Y.
Providence.
New Haven.
Cambridge, Mass.
New York.
Brunswick, Me.
New Haven.
Cambridge, Mass.
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Rev. Dr. J. C. Adamson,
Rev. David 0. Allen,
Rev. Henry Ballantinb,
Dr. James R Ballantyne,
Rev. Cephas Bennett,
Rev. William A. Benton,
Hon. Charles W. Bradley,
New York.
Missionary in India.
Benares.
Missionary in Burma.
" Syria.
( Consul of the U. States at Sings
( pore.
XX
Rev. Dr. Elijah 0. Bbidqman,
John P. Bbown,
Rev. Nathan Bbown,
Dr. Heinbioh Bbugsch,
*Rev. James C. Bbyant,
Rev. Ebenezee Bubgess,
Rev. Albert Bushnell,
Rev. Simeon H. Calhoun,
Mons. J. Coe,
Rev. E B. Ceoss,
Rev. Haeeison G. 0. Dwight,
Rev. Cobnelius V. A. Van Dyok, M.D.,
Dr. Henev A. De Foeest,
Prof. Gustav Futegel,
Rev. William Goodell,
Rev. Lewis Gboct,
Dr. J. G. GUNTHEB,
Rev. Cyeds Hamlin,
Rev. Heney R. Hoisington,
Prof. C. A. Holmboe,
Rev. Heney A. Homes,
Rev. Geoege Jones, U. S. N.
*Rev. John T. Jones,
*Rev. Adonieam Judson,
Prof. Mieza Kasem Beg,
Rev. Dwight W. Mabsh,
Rev. Fbancis Mason,
Rev. Peteb Paekeb, M. D.,
Rev. Dr. Justin Peekins,
Rev. Dr. Daniel Pooe,
James W. Redhouse,
Rev. Elias Riggs,
Prof. Rudolph Roth,
Rev. William G. Schacfflkb,
Rev. William W. Socddeb,
*Dr. Azaeiah Smith,
Rev. Dr. Eli Smith,
Rev. William H. Steele.
Missionary in China.
( Dragoman of the U. States Lega-
( tion at the Ottoman Porte.
Missionary is Asam.
Berlin.
Missionary in South Africa.
India.
" West Africa.
" Syria,
j First Dragoman of the French
( Embassy at the Ottoman Porte.
Missionary in Burma.
" Turkey.
" Syria.
tt u
Meissen, Saxony.
Missionary in Turkey.
" South Africa.
Roxbury, Mass.
Missionary in Turkey.
Williamstown, Mass.
Christiania, Norway.
Boston.
Missionary in Siam.
" Burma.
St. Petersburg.
Missionary in Mosul.
" Burma,
( Secretary and Interpreter of the
( U. States Legation in China.
Missionary in Persia.
" Ceylon.
( Principal of the Bureau of Inter-
■j preters of the Ottoman Impe-
( rial Diwan.
Missionary in Turkey.
Tubingen, Wiirtemburg.
Missionary in Turkey.
India.
" Turkey.
" Syria.
XXI
Rev. David T. Stoddard,
Rev. William Tracy,
Rev. William M. Thomson,
Rev. William Walker,
Dr. Albrecht Weber,
Prof. Gustav Weil,
Rev. M. 0. White,
Dr. Samuel Wells Williams.
Rev. John L. Wilson,
Rev. Miron Winslcw,
William Wintheop,
Rev. Austin H. Wright, M. D.,
Missionary in Persia.
" India.
" Syria.
" West Africa.
Berlin.
Heidelberg, Baden.
Missionary in China.
it u
" West Africa.
" India.
Consul of the IT. States in Malta.
Missionary in Persia.
HONORARY MEMBERS.
Maha Raja ApOrva Krishna Bahadur,
Calcutta.
James Bird,
Bombay.
Dr. Otto Boehtlingk,
St Petersburg.
Sir John Bowring,
Hongkong.
Prof Franz Bopp,
Berlin.
*Prof. Eugene Burnouf,
Paris.
Richard Clarke,
London.
Prof. George Heine. Aug. Von Ewald,
Gottingen.
Prof. Forbes Falconer,
London.
M. Champollion Figeac,
Paris.
Prof. George Wilhelm Freytag,
Bonn, Prussia.
His Excellency Fuad Effendi,
Constantinople.
Dr. Julius Fuerst,
Leipzig, Saxony.
*Prof. Wilhelm Gesendjs,
Halle,
Prof. Jacob Grimm,
Berlin.
Baron Von Hammer-Purgstall,
Vienna.
*Count Graeberg Da Hemsoe,
Florence.
Baron Alexander Von Humboldt,
Berlin.
*Count Amkdee Jaubert,
Paris.
Prof. Stanislas Julien,
K
Rev. Dr. John Dunmore Lang,
Sidney, N. S. Wales.
Prof. Christian Lassen,
Bonn, Prussia.
Prof. Richard Lepsius,
Berlin.
Prof. Julius Mohl,
Paris.
xxu
Prof Junes Heine. Peteevann, Berlin.
•Dr. James Cottles Peiohaed, Bristol, England.
Maha Raja RaddhakAnta Deva, Calcutta.
Prof. Eeinaud, Paris.
Prof. Cabl Rittee, Berlin.
Prof. Emiuds Roedigee, Halle, Prussia;
*Count Ippolito Rosselmni, Pisa, Tuscany.
Prof. Feiedeich Rueokeet, Berlin.
His Excellency Safvet Effendi, Constantinople.
Prof. Garcin De Tasst, Paris.
Prof. C. J. Toenbkeg, TJpsaL
*Sir Henby W. Tobbens, Calcutta,
*Prof. Wilhelm Maetin Liebb. De 'Wettb, BaseL
Sir J. Gaedineb Wilkinson, London.
Prof. Hoeace Hatmon Wilson, Oxford.
