Sonaparanta

English

Etymology

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Particularly: “From Hobson-Jobson: "Sanskrit: Suvarna (Pali Sona) prānta (or perhaps aparānta), 'golden frontier-land,' or something like that"”

Proper noun

Sonaparanta

(obsolete) A quasi-classical name, of Indian origin, used by the Burmese Court in State documents and formal enumerations of the style of the King, to indicate the central part of his dominions.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Sonaparanta”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].