The king, when all was prepared, seated himself in a boat decorated with gilding and brocaded silks ; he set out two days in advance to meet the procession, and on coming in sight of it he retired into the cabin of his galley, bathed, sprinkled himself... Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay - Page 136by Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1876Full view - About this book
| tennent - 1859 - 694 pages
...structure, under which rested the shrine, so illuminated that it vied with the brightness of day. " The king, when all was prepared, seated himself in...shoulders and bore it to the palace, accompanied by an impenetrable multitude of spectators. The grandees taking off their costly robes, spread them on the... | |
| Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1859 - 700 pages
...galley, bathed, sprinkled himself with perfumes, assumed his most costly dress, and on touching tlie raft which bore the tooth he prostrated himself before...ascended from the barges, and as it reached the shore the talapoeus and nobles of the king and all the chief men advancing into the water took the shrine upon... | |
| Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - Sri Lanka - 1892 - 492 pages
...those who had charge of it, and raising it aloft, placed it on his head many times with adjurations of awe ; then restoring it to its place, he accompanied...with the odours which ascended from the barges, and when they reached the city, the priests and nobles of the king, and all the chief men, advancing into... | |
| Joseph Gerson da Cunha, Joseph Gerson Cunha - Religion - 1996 - 94 pages
...arrived."* Again he continues : — " In a few days they drew near to Cosmi, a port of Pegu, whence the news spread quickly ; the priesthood (talapoens)...barges, and as it reached the shore the talapoens end nobles of the king, and all the chief men, advancing into the water, took the shrine upon their... | |
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