 ... before and behind which is a curtain. The splendour of the place is very striking; the roof and walls are lined with -gold brocade ; and nothing scarcely is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet-smelling flowers. On a platform or stage, about three...  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay - Page 142by Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 692 pages
...scarcely any thing is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet smelling flowers. On a low stage occupying half the room, there is a profusion of flowers tastefully arranged before two or three small figures of Buddha, one of crystal, and one of gilt silver, and four or five caskets... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - Atlases - 1825 - 692 pages
...scarcely any thing is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet smelling flowers. On a low stage occupying half the room, there is a profusion of flowers tastefully arranged before two or three small figures of Buddha, one of crystal, and one of gilt silver, and four or five caskets... | |
 | William Skeen - History - 1870 - 438 pages
...nothing scarcely is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet-smelling flowers. On a platform or stage, about three feet and a half high, and which occupies about...they are offered, viz. two or three small figures of Boodhoo,—one of crystal, and the other of silvergilt, and four or five domes or caskets, called karanduas,... | |
 | William Skeen - History - 1870 - 442 pages
...gold, gems, and sweet-smelling flowers. On a platform or stage, about three feet and a half high, nnd which occupies about half the room, there is a profusion...they are offered, viz. two or three small figures of Boodhoo,— one of crystal, and the other of silvergilt, and four or five domes or caskets, called... | |
 | Joseph Gerson Cunha - Buddhas - 1875 - 110 pages
...nothing scarcely is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet-smelling flowers. On a platform or stage about three feet and a half high, and which occupies about...arranged before the objects of worship to which they are oifercd, viz. two or three small figures of Buddha, — one of crystal, and the other of silver gilt,... | |
 | John Davy - Sri Lanka - 1990 - 586 pages
...nothing scarcely is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet-smelling flowers. On a platform or stage, about three feet and a half high, and which occupies about half the room, there is a profusjon of flowers tastefully arranged before the objects of worship to which they are offered, viz.... | |
 | Joseph Gerson da Cunha, Joseph Gerson Cunha - Religion - 1996 - 94 pages
...nothing scarcely is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet-smelling flowers. On a platform or stage about three feet and a half high, and which occupies about...five domes or caskets, called karanduas, containing relics, and similar in form to the common Dagobah. * * * All but one of the karanduas are small, not... | |
 | William Skeen - Adam's Peak (Sri Lanka) - 1997 - 432 pages
...nothing scarcely is to be seen but gold, gems, and sweet-smelling flowers. On a platform or stage, about three feet and a half high, and which occupies about...they are offered, viz. two or three small figures of Boodhoo,— one of crystal, and the other of silvergilt, and four or five domes or caskets, called... | |
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