Semi-autonomous Minangkabau people regional administrative unit in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
1 IN the old days there lived two lizards, Webubu and Nagari .
2 This pleased Nagari , and he continued to sound his long note.
3 Nagari was much troubled at this saying, and marveled greatly.
4 Nagari longed for companions, so he stretched his neck and cried "U-u- u-u-u."
5 Then many women, hearing the sweet sound, flocked to where Nagari sat, and listened to his music.
6 And so with each woman, until Nagari was left sitting alone as he had been at the beginning.
7 "What can I do," he said, "to draw women to me as Nagari has done?
8 I. PALI.-Worksin Pali are written, like those of Burmah and Siam, not in Nagari or any peculiar character, but in the vernacular alphabet.
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