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... gone there , he asked at the hand of the God Saman , " What is the way to establish this earth ? The God Saman replied , " There is no one among us [ gods ] who can establish this earth . " Thereupon the God Great Vishnu asked , " Then ...
... gone there , he asked at the hand of the God Saman , " What is the way to establish this earth ? The God Saman replied , " There is no one among us [ gods ] who can establish this earth . " Thereupon the God Great Vishnu asked , " Then ...
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... gone there , he spoke to Rāhu , the Asura Chief : " The lotus plant has now sprouted . " Afterwards Rāhu arose , and came with the God Vishnu to this world . Having made ready to descend into the water , he asked Great Vishnu , " What ...
... gone there , he spoke to Rāhu , the Asura Chief : " The lotus plant has now sprouted . " Afterwards Rāhu arose , and came with the God Vishnu to this world . Having made ready to descend into the water , he asked Great Vishnu , " What ...
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... gone away from that country he sat down at a travellers ' shed . During the time while he was there a friend of the man's came there . That man , sitting down in the travellers ' shed , said , " Friend , where are you going ? " Then the ...
... gone away from that country he sat down at a travellers ' shed . During the time while he was there a friend of the man's came there . That man , sitting down in the travellers ' shed , said , " Friend , where are you going ? " Then the ...
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... gone near and hidden himself came forward , and saying , " I will stay as the human offering ; go you away , " he started off all that marriage party , and sent them to their village . He said to the Princess who had come after being ...
... gone near and hidden himself came forward , and saying , " I will stay as the human offering ; go you away , " he started off all that marriage party , and sent them to their village . He said to the Princess who had come after being ...
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... gone there for the Princess , they are placed in the upper story where the Princess sleeps alone . When the Princess has been sleeping at night , at about eight she awakes , and after bathing in the water eats rice . Before that she ...
... gone there for the Princess , they are placed in the upper story where the Princess sleeps alone . When the Princess has been sleeping at night , at about eight she awakes , and after bathing in the water eats rice . Before that she ...
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Afterwards Anē became behead betel bird Black Stork Bola Brāhmaṇa brought burnt cakes cattle Ceylon chena clothes cobra coconut cooked rice creeper Crocodile daughter eaten elder brother elder sister elephant father fire flower Folk-Tales Friend Gamarāla gave giant girl give given Glass Princess golden gone ground hand Hare Heṭṭiyā horse Indian Jackal Jātaka story jungle Kaekiri Kāma killed King asked King's Leopard Lion Lion King Lizard Loku-Appu looked married masuran milk-rice millet trader Monkey mother Nāga night North-western Province paddy palace Panchatantra Parrot persons Pond Heron pots Prince asked Prince's Puttalam Queen Rakshasa replied returned rice field river Rodiya saying seized Seṭṭiyārē Sinhalese stayed Storks sword taking Tamarind thee thou to-day told tom-tom beaters took tree Turtle Vaeddā variant Vedarāla Village Headman Vishnu Washerman wife woman Yakā younger brother youngest Princess
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Page 140 - fore our fader the pope. Now welcome, sire abbot, the king he did say, Tis well thou'rt come back to keepe thy day ; For and if thou canst answer my questions three, Thy life and thy living both saved shall bee.
Page 139 - Now three weeks space to thee will I give, And that is the longest time thou hast to live; For if thou dost not answer my questions three, Thy lands and thy livings are forfeit to mee.
Page 140 - I may ride this whole world about." " You must rise with the sun, and ride with the same Until the next morning he rises again; And then your grace need not make any doubt But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about.
Page 140 - And then your grace need not make any doubt, But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about. The king he laughed, and swore by St. Jone, I did not think it could be gone so soon ! — Now from the third question thou must not shrink, But tell me here truly what I do think.
Page 33 - There was neither day, nor night, nor sky, nor earth, nor darkness, nor light, nor any other thing, save only one incomprehensible by intellect, or that which is Brahma and Puman (spirit) and Pradhdna (matter),' p. 12. In the opening of the book of the Edda, called
Page 140 - Yea, that shall I do, and make your grace merry : You thinke I'm the abbot of Canterbury ; But I'm his poor shepheard, as plain you may see, That am come to beg pardon for him and .for mee.
Page 140 - The king he laughed, and swore by St. Jone, I did not think, it could be gone so soone ! — Now from the third question thou must not shrinke. But tefl me here truly what I do thinke.
Page 347 - In the Panchatantra (Dubois), an Ass was brought to a sick Lion King in order that he might eat the heart and ears, as a remedy for his illness. When he was brought back the second time by a Jackal, the Lion killed him and ate the heart and ears. In the Katha Sarit Sagara (Tawney), p. 85, there is a similar story, except that after killing the Ass the Lion went to bathe, and the Jackal then ate the heart and ears. He told the Lion that " the creature never possessed ears or a heart, otherwise how...
Page 33 - Janarddana 145, invested with the quality of darkness, assumes the awful form of Rudra, and swallows up the universe. Having thus devoured all things, and converted the world into one vast ocean, the Supreme reposes upon his mighty serpent couch amidst the deep: he awakes after a season, and again, as Brahma, becomes the author of creation. Thus the one only god, Janarddana, takes the designation of Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, accordingly as he creates, preserves, or destroys 146.
Page 152 - Even my lineage, this YakkhinI is acquainted with it,' proclaiming his title, and quickly seizing his bow, he rushed at her. Securing the YakkhinI by the throat with a ' naracana ' ring, with his left hand seizing her by the hair, and raising his sword with his right hand, he exclaimed, ' Slave ! restore me my followers, or I will put thee to death.