Sonaparanta

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English

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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

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Sonaparanta

  1. (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.

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