Ancient CeylonAn account of the aborigines and of part of the early civilization in Sri Lanka. |
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Page 564
To wind it on the spool the latter was placed in the bird - mouth rests , and a cord was passed round the drum and back round a reel fixed on the lower half of the spindle . When the loose handle at one end of the axle was turned the ...
To wind it on the spool the latter was placed in the bird - mouth rests , and a cord was passed round the drum and back round a reel fixed on the lower half of the spindle . When the loose handle at one end of the axle was turned the ...
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Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ground near each other . The player kneels beside them . First round . A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air ...
Five different rounds are played with them , at the beginning of each of which all the stones are placed on the ground near each other . The player kneels beside them . First round . A stone is tossed up and while it is in the air ...
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They are first purified by being deposited on the altar covered with flowers and there sprinkled with saffron water ; incense is also waved round them . The kapurāla invokes the aid and favour of the Goddess , to the accompaniment of ...
They are first purified by being deposited on the altar covered with flowers and there sprinkled with saffron water ; incense is also waved round them . The kapurāla invokes the aid and favour of the Goddess , to the accompaniment of ...
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according ancient Anurādhapura appears bank base believed belong bricks building built called cave century B.C. Ceylon chief close coins construction covered cross dāgaba deity demons described district dome early evidently face feet five follows Forest four given half hand head height hill histories holes inches India indicate inscription Kandian kind King known later length lower Mahāvansa means measured mentioned miles monks northern offering original passed perhaps period person pillars played player possibly present probably protection prove Province raised record reference regarding reign represented reservoir river rock round seen seven shape shows side similar Sinhalese sluice southern square stone structure symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third Tissa tree usual Vaeddas village wall wide wihāra Yakā
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ancient Ceylon Volume 41 of Ceylon historical journal monograph series |
| Author | Henry Parker |
| Edition | 4, reprint |
| Publisher | Asian Educational Services, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2008 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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