{"product_id":"9781782500377","title":"How Does My Garden Grow?","description":"This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...great offices and dignities, and their rank. As for the orders and distinctions of the whole people, according to their condition and quality, be it remarked there are four sorts of persons.1 In the first are comprehended the king, called Rasquan2 the queen, called Eenequillague,3 1 It will be observed that the first, third, and fourth classes are distinctions settled by birth; the second so-called class includes all dignities and titles of honour granted by the king. 1. Persons of the blood royal are termed Banddra, or Baddra, the term applied also to the children of the Sinhalese kings. By including the \"great lords\" in this first class, Pyrard probably refers to the titles of Manipul, assumed only by the nearest relations of the sultan, and D\u0026amp;K, applied to remoter scions of the royal house and descendants of former sultans. 2. The second class of dignities, viz., those conferred on individuals, include the officers of state and titles conferred out of court favour or bought. The highest is that of Kilagi-fdnu (Pyrard, quilague), formerly confined to the regent acting in the absence of the sultan, but now given to several grandees. Among titles independent of office are Kalege-fdnu and Takuru-fdnu, the former of which can be purchased for a few rupees. Masters of vessels get the titles of Ndkhudd, Nevi, and Mdlimi, as implying skill and experience in seamanship. 3. The third class is that of the aristocracy generally, viz., the Maniku. The wife of a maniku man is termed manike (cf. the common Sin. name, menika). When a maniku man receives a title of honour, he is called maniku-fdnu. Some of this class preserve the relics of Portuguese influence, and call themselves Don Maniku. Either Pyrard is wrong in stating that children's status comes fr...","brand":"Floris Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018817716464,"sku":"9781782500377","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782500377_p0.jpg?v=1763722710","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782500377","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}