 | Mahānāma - Buddhism - 1837 - 460 pages
...Lohapasado. The munificent raja at the very commencement of iho undertaking deposited at each of the four gates eight lacs (to remunerate the workmen). He deposited...the conveyance used by the females attached to the d6wo Wessawano, he (Dutthagamini) caused a gilt hall to be constructed in the middle of the palace... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - Voyages around the world - 1882 - 948 pages
...apartments. All these apartments were highly embellished ; they had festoons of beads resplendent like gems, and the tinkling festoons were of gold. In that...ornaments (like unto) jewels, which were bright as eyes." Such is a part of the description of the great famous brazen palace, a testimony both of the munificence... | |
 | Dhammakitti - 1909 - 574 pages
...stories, and in each of them one hundred apartments. All these apartments were highly 3embellished ; they had festoons of beads, resplendent (like) gems....also set with gems, and the tinkling festoons were of 4gold. In that palace there were a thousand dormitories having windows with ornaments *(like unto)... | |
 | Henry William Cave - Sri Lanka - 1910 - 274 pages
...finished with silver ; and the cornices thereof were embellished with gems. The flower-ornaments thereof were also set with gems, and the tinkling festoons were of gold. In this palace there were a thousand dormitories having windows with ornaments which were bright as eyes."... | |
 | Henry William Cave - Sri Lanka - 1910 - 268 pages
...finished with silver ; and the cornices thereof were embellished with gems. The flower-ornaments thereof were also set with gems, and the tinkling festoons were of gold. In this palace there were a thousand dormitories having windows with ornaments which were bright as eyes."... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 850 pages
...finished in sijver; all the cornices thereof were embellished in gems. The flower ornaments thereof were also set with gems, and the tinkling festoons were of gold. In the centre of the great hall of the palace was an ivory throne, on one side of which was a sun in gold,... | |
 | Architecture - 1897 - 554 pages
...\verehighlyfinished\vithsilver; and the cornices thereof were embellished with gems. The flower-ornaments thereof were also set with gems, and the tinkling festoons were of gold. In this palace there were a thousand dormitories having windows with ornaments which were bright as eyes.... | |
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In this supreme palace there were nine stories, and in each of them one hundred apartments. All these apartments were highly embellished ; they had festoons of beads, resplendent (like) gems. The flower-ornaments appertaining thereto were also set with... 