Rigel Kent

Kain dalam achar: Kutip cuci ia nak masuk ke dalam longkang juga. You may pick out an old garment from the scrapheap and you may clean it, but it will want to go back into the cesspool all the same. See Wilkinson (1901), p. 5. The use of achar was restricted only in northern Malay states. It is probably a corrupted form of kachara कचरा (garbage). A phenotypical opposite was also given by Wilkinson: Laksana intan manikam jatuh di longkang . Tak hilang cahaya (p. 601): Like diamonds and pearls which do not lose their lustre even if they fall into a cesspool; characters which the worst surroundings cannot degrade. 你降下甘霖，灌透 壟溝 ， 滋潤壟背，使地鬆軟、 長出莊稼。 . . . τοὺς αὔλακας αὐτῆς μέθυσον πλήθυνον τὰ γενήματα αὐτῆς ἐν ταῖς σταγόσιν αὐτῆς εὐφρανθήσεται ἀνατέλλουσα . . . Saturating its furrows ( αὔλακας ), leveling its ridges, You cause it to rejoice in the overflow of moisture, You bless it...

. . . a certain Raja Bachitram Shah (afterwards known as Sang Sӗperba), with two followers, suddenly appeared at a place called Bukit Siguntang Maha Meru, in Palembang, Sumatra, and the Raja described himself as a direct descendant of Alexander the Great. The story was accepted, and Sang Sӗperba became the son-in-law of the local chief; but, not content with ruling over Palembang, he sailed to Java, to Bentan (where he left a son, Sang Nila Utama), and finally back to another state in Sumatra, named Mӗnangkâbau . . . Frank Swettenham (1906) British Malaya . . . on the accession of a Perak ruler, Winstedt records, Toh Sri Nara Diraja reads the Chiri or Sanskrit coronation address, such as hailed his first Malacca ancestor: . . . Fortunate great king, smiter of rivals, valorous, whose crown jewels ravish the three worlds, whose touch dispels suffering, protector, pilot over the ocean of battle, confuter...

. . . ini orang korang, hanya pada kebetulan nama Raja Chulan dan Chulalongkorn ada bunyi Chola sikit, terus korang sumbat itu diabadikan nama untuk Raja Chola. Mari letak perkara pada tempatnya. Raja Chulan bukan tokoh Tamil, tetapi Raja Sir Chulan ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdullah Muhammad Shah II Habibullah, bangsawan diraja Perak. Beliau tokoh Melayu yang hidup pada abad ke-20, pernah menjadi pemimpin Kesatuan Melayu Muda (KMM) dan antara pendukung awal UMNO. Nama Chulan di sini ialah transliterasi Melayu daripada sebutan istana Perak, tiada kaitan langsung dengan Chola . Maka bila ada yang menyamakan Raja Chulan dengan Rajendra Chola, itu bukan cuma silap fakta, itu penghinaan terhadap keturunan diraja Melayu sendiri . . . Helmi Effendi (November 5, 2025) . . . bullshit is not the same thing as a lie. To lie, you need to have some respect for the truth. When you lie, you are tryi...