[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.266 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.266 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.266 - **Language:** English ### [c10.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.266) 1799.—“Many of the largest Ceylon and other Deccany Elephants bore \*\*ambáris\*\* on which all the chiefs and nobles rode, dressed with magnificence, and adorned with the richest jewels.”—\*Life of Colebrooke\*, p. 164. - [Previous: c10.265](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.265) - [Next: c10.267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.267) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.266) · Pramāṇa