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According to these rules , we see that the total height of a dāgaba should be three times the height of the dome , which is three - fifths of its ' ( widest ) diameter . The length of the spire is fixed at a quarter of the total height ...
According to these rules , we see that the total height of a dāgaba should be three times the height of the dome , which is three - fifths of its ' ( widest ) diameter . The length of the spire is fixed at a quarter of the total height ...
Page 339
Thus it would seem that the cubit used in the histories is one of two spans or nearly 18 inches ; but this is far from agreement with the actual heights of the dāgabas . I found that ten men had a mean height of 5 feet 44 inches , 5 and ...
Thus it would seem that the cubit used in the histories is one of two spans or nearly 18 inches ; but this is far from agreement with the actual heights of the dāgabas . I found that ten men had a mean height of 5 feet 44 inches , 5 and ...
Page 337
According to these rules , we see that the total height of a dāgaba should be three times the height of the dome , which is three - fifths of its ( widest ) diameter . The length of the spire is fixed at a quarter of the total height ...
According to these rules , we see that the total height of a dāgaba should be three times the height of the dome , which is three - fifths of its ( widest ) diameter . The length of the spire is fixed at a quarter of the total height ...
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Contents
THE ANCIENT VAEDDAS | 23 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS | 35 |
THE MODERN VAEDDAS SOCIAL DIVISIONS | 113 |
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Abhaya aborigines ancient Anurādhapura appears arrow Ayiyanār Bandāra bricks Buddha Buddhist built called carved cave ceremony Ceylon chiefs coast coins counters dāgaba deity demons Dēvatā Deviyā district dome early elephant embankment emblem evidently face Forest Vaeddas four Galē Goddess Gods hill holes honey inches wide Indra inscription island Jātaka jungle Kandian Sinhalese Kataragama Keliya king Kiri-Ammā Kumāra later leņe length Maha Mahāvansa mentioned miles monks Nāgas Nevill North-central Province North-western North-western Province northern offering Parākrama-Bāhu Parumaka Pattini player Polannaruwa pre-Christian probably Purānas Rākshasas Rāmāyana Rāvana reign reservoir rice Rig Veda river rock round Ruwanwaeli sagasa Sambar deer second century B.C. side Siva sluice Southern India square stone Swāstika symbol Tamil tank temple termed thick third century B.C. Thūpārāma Tissa tree upright usual Vaedi Village Vaeddas Vishnu Wanni Wanniyas wihāra Wijaya word worship Yakā Yakkhas
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 | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 8120602080, 9788120602083 |
| Length | 695 pages |
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