 | tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...Adam4, whilst the Portuguese authorities were divided between the conflicting claims of St. Thomas5, and the Eunuch of Candace Queen of Ethiopia. The phases...transmitters. In the Buddhist annals, the sojourn of Buddha iu Ceylon, and the impression of the " sri-pada" his sacred foot-mark left on departing, are recorded... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1860 - 702 pages
...divided between the conflicting claims of St. Thomas 5, and the Eunuch of Candace Queen of Ethiopia. Tlie phases of this local superstition can be traced with...sojourn of Buddha in Ceylon, and the impression of tlie " sri-pada" his sacred foot-mark left on his departure, are recorded in that portion of the Mahawanso... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1870 - 1154 pages
...from Paradise ; while the Gnosties have held it to be the footprint of Jeu, and Christians have been divided between the conflicting claims of St. Thomas and the eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia. In many parts of the world the hard rock exhibits footprints of birds and beasts impressed on it when... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - History - 1870 - 436 pages
...from Paradise ; while the Gnostics have held it to be the footprint of leu, and Christians have been divided between the conflicting claims of St. Thomas and the Eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia.2 The followers of these different faiths have found holy footprints in many countries of... | |
 | Edward Burnett Tylor - Civilization - 1870 - 438 pages
...from Paradise ; while the Gnostics have held it to be the footprint of leu, and Christians have been divided between the conflicting claims of St. Thomas and the Eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia.3 The followers of these different faiths have found holy footprints in many countries of... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1871 - 592 pages
...of Buddha, ... by the Gnostics of leu, by the Mahometans of Adam, whilst the Portuguese authorities were divided between the conflicting claims of St....Thomas and the eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia." (Tcnncnt, II. 133.) Polo, however, says nothing of the foot ; he speaks only of the sepulchre of Adam,... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1871 - 1174 pages
...; by the Chinese, of Fo ; by the Gnostics of Jeu ; by the Mahometans, of Adam ; and the Portuguese were divided between the conflicting claims of St....Thomas and the Eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia. Mr. Duncan, in a paper in tiie Asistic Researches, containing " Historical remarks on the Coast of... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1871 - 1170 pages
...by the Chinese, of Fo ; by the Gnostics of Jeu ; by 'the Mahometans«, of Adam ; and ihe Portuguese were divided between the conflicting claims of St. Thomas and the Eunuch of Candace, Queen d Ethiopia. Mr. Duncan, in a paper in tbe Asiatic Researche», containing " Historical remarks on the... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1875 - 668 pages
...of Buddha, ... by the Gnostics of leu, by the Mahometans of Adam, whilst the Portuguese authorities were divided between the conflicting claims of St....Thomas and the eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia." (Tennent, II. 133.) Polo, however, says nothing of the foot ; he speaks only of the sepulchre of Adam,... | |
 | Robert Brown - 1876 - 362 pages
...the Mahommedans that it is the work of Adam, while the Christians are divided in opinions between the claims of St. Thomas and the eunuch of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia. Hence pilgrims crowd the mountain at certain periods of the year. The footprint is covered by a roof,... | |
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... hollow in the lofty rock that crowns the summit was said by the Brahmans to be the footstep of Siva, by the Buddhists, of Buddha, by the Chinese, of... 
