Epigraphia Zeylanica: Being Lithic and Other Inscriptions of Ceylon, Volume 1Printed at the Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) for the Archeological Department, 1912 - Inscriptions Includes transliterated text of the inscriptions. |
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Abahay Abhā Abhaya Abhayagiri according akṣaras Anuradhapura Archaeological Commissioner Aśoka äta bägin Bāhu Buddha Buddhist Cave century A. D. Ceylon circa Dappula derived Devanapiya Epigraphia Zeylanica Gamiņi gannā genä gerund Ibid Indian ink-impression supplied isā Jētavanārāma Kalinga kämiyan karā karanu karay Kassapa king kiriya koṭ isā Lankā Mahāvamsa Mahinda Mahinda IV means Mihintale monastery monks Mudaliyar Müller Nāga palaeographic Pāli Parakrama Parumaka paya of land pillar Pillar-Inscription Plate present inscription probably Read record reign rendering rock royal sāl Salamevan Sangbo Sanskrit Sēna Seventh Progress Report Sinh Sinhalese Siri Slab-Inscription Tamil tank Tisa Tissa translation Udaya vasag vassa Vessagiri Vihāra village word yutu එක් කරා කළ කො කොට් ඉසා ගන්නා ට් දෙ නො න් පෙරෙ බැගින් මහ යුතු වූ වෙහෙරැ සා සාල් සිරි හට් හා හි
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Page 229 - ... where there are now five thousand monks. There is in it a hall of Buddha, adorned with carved and inlaid work of gold and silver, and rich in the seven precious substances, in which there is an image of Buddha in green jade, more than twenty cubits in height, glittering all over with those substances, and having an appearance of solemn dignity which words cannot express. In the palm of the right hand there is a priceless pearl.
Page 127 - Buddha, in the standing attitude, are about 10ft. high, and all the rest are as large as life, or very little less. "Most of them are coloured bright yellow; two or three have red robes, and reminded me of the two classes of Lamas in Tibet, described by Captain Turner, who are distinguished from each other by one wearing red and the other yellow garments. Towards the western end of the Temple there is a well-executed figure of King...
Page 128 - Nissanka, at opposite ends of the temple; the first, representing the earlier benefactor of Dambulla, is the rudest figure in every respect, and its dress is the simplest and least ornamented; the ears are long, and drawn down in the Malabar fashion; there is a double-headed snake about the neck, the body of which serves as a necklace and the heads as ear-pendants. "At the eastern extremity of the temple there is a little recess formed by a high projecting rock, the walls of which are covered with...
Page 229 - ... tree: his fellow-travellers, moreover, had been separated from him, some by death, and others flowing off in different directions ; no face or shadow was now with him but his own, and a constant sadness was in his heart. Suddenly (one day), when by the side of this image of jade, he saw a merchant presenting as his offering a fan of white silk ' ; and the tears of sorrow involuntarily filled his eyes and fell down.
Page 229 - Abhayagiri 3, where there are (now) five thousand monks. There is in it a hall of Buddha, adorned with carved and inlaid work of gold and silver, and rich in the seven precious substances, in which there is an image (of Buddha) in green jade, more than twenty cubits in height, glittering all over with those substances, and having an appearance of solemn dignity which words cannot express.
Page 128 - About 14 or 18 ft. high, the broad circular pedestal of which is ornamented with four figures of Buddha, each facing a different quarter, each seated on the coil of a cobra de capello, and shaded by its expanded hood. As in the two preceding temples, so in this, the images are arranged in a row at a little distance from the sides and inner walls of the room, but...
Page 137 - Seizing her by the throat and with the point of the sword boring her nostril, he secured her with his rope : she (instantly) became tractable. Conducting her to the Dhumarakkha mountain, he obtained a great accession of warlike power by making her his battle-steed.
Page 137 - Arittha mountain on all sides. The prince having consulted with the yakkhini, in conformity with her advice he sent forward a strong party (in the character of a deputation), placing in their charge his insignia of royalty, as well as the usual offerings made as tribute and his martial accoutrements ; and enjoined them to deliver this message (from him) : " Take all these things : I will come to ask your forgiveness.
Page 83 - Dharma-gupta2, honoured and looked up to by all the kingdom. He has lived for more than forty years in an apartment of stone, constantly showing such gentleness of heart, that he has brought snakes and rats to stop together in the same room, without doing one another any harm.
Page i - ... deep that they may last to the worlds end. No body can read them or make any thing of them. I have asked Malabars, Geniuses, as well as Chingulays and Moors, but none of them understood them. You walk over some of them. There is an antient Temple in Goddiladenni in Yattanour stands by one [p. 113.] place where there are of these Letters. They are probably in memorial of something, but of what we must leave to learned men to spend their conjectures.