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11-11-2009, 11:08 AM
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I've had this buddha pendant for years, with an inscription on the back that may be in the Thai language. (or so a Tibetan store clerk told me) It might also be Sri Lankan or some other south asian writing. But the buddha image on the front is probably Thai.
It's translation is a mystery to me... 
I'm hoping it's more profound than "Be sure to drink your ovaltine"  |
11-11-2009, 11:20 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | It says "The white man wouldn't go away without a present."
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11-11-2009, 11:25 AM
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11-11-2009, 11:30 AM
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11-11-2009, 11:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa oklahoma | | it must be lunch time. i really want thai food now 
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11-11-2009, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jonathan_matos5 it must be lunch time. i really want thai food now | Mmmm coconut curry with tofu extra hot
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damned teeny pinky....always hits the wrong string and makes this ugly noise.
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11-11-2009, 01:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area | | | Why not stop by a Thai restaurant and ask someone there? You can get lunch while you're at it.
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11-11-2009, 01:58 PM
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no, can't
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11-11-2009, 02:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area | | | OK, I'll send it to someone I know who is Thai.
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11-11-2009, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area | | | Sent. We'll see if she replies.
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11-11-2009, 02:31 PM
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I wouldn't be surprised if it's not actually Thai, but we'll see hopefully. |
11-12-2009, 12:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area | | | Her answer: "Not in Thai. I believe it's an ancient writing/languae that the monks use."
So that means it's probably in Pali (the language they wrote down the Sutras in). Which also means it may be a quotation from a Sutra. I don't know if any souteast asian Buddhist temple has an email address that you could send that pic to. It would'nt have to be a Thai temple.
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11-12-2009, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle | | | Yeah I was guessing it was pali or some related. thanks for your help! |
11-12-2009, 02:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NET | | | I don't think it's Pali. It looks more like some variant of Burmese/Myanmar script.
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11-12-2009, 02:16 PM
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11-15-2009, 01:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area | | | I checked out some Pali and your pendant does not look at all like Pali. So far the closest I can find is Laotian, but that's still not quite it. Doesn't look like Burmese either (unless there are several types of Burmese). I'll keep looking.
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11-15-2009, 02:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area | | | Just now looked at a short Cambodian text and found 3 similar letters. I've sent the pic to another friend - a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley who is studying Tamil.
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11-15-2009, 02:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey | | | it says:
A curse upon this plague of white people with dreadlocks
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11-15-2009, 12:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SF Bay Area | | | Reply from Carlos: not tamil, not devanagiri, not any script i know, sorry.
So I've sent it to a Cambodian temple.
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11-15-2009, 01:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NET | | | rosanne, I think you're on the right track. It does appear to be in the Khmer alphabet.
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