Adam's Peak: Legendary, Traditional, and Historic Notices of the Samanala and Srî-páda, with a Descriptive Account of the Pilgrim's Route from Colombo, to the Sacred Foot-print |
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... Buddha's Three Visits to Ceylon . The Impression of his Foot - print on the summit of the Peak ... E - Legend of the Princess Sudhádéwi ... F. - The Daladá - Máligáwa ; and the History of the Tooth ... G. - Account of the Ascent of ...
... Buddha's Three Visits to Ceylon . The Impression of his Foot - print on the summit of the Peak ... E - Legend of the Princess Sudhádéwi ... F. - The Daladá - Máligáwa ; and the History of the Tooth ... G. - Account of the Ascent of ...
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... Buddha ; but by the followers of the Prophet of Mecca , as that of the first created man , -the great pro- genitor ... Buddha's foot , which the Hindu reverences as being marked by the foot of Sivá , which the * For further information ...
... Buddha ; but by the followers of the Prophet of Mecca , as that of the first created man , -the great pro- genitor ... Buddha's foot , which the Hindu reverences as being marked by the foot of Sivá , which the * For further information ...
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... Buddha stamped his foot - print upon the summit of its peak . This was of course an afterthought on the part of some one in the Buddhist hierarchy , in order to add weight to * Vibhíshana is stated in the Rajawaliya to have succeeded to ...
... Buddha stamped his foot - print upon the summit of its peak . This was of course an afterthought on the part of some one in the Buddhist hierarchy , in order to add weight to * Vibhíshana is stated in the Rajawaliya to have succeeded to ...
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... Buddha was the Lord supreme whom even Gods adored , just as the early Buddhist missionaries taught the serpent wor- shippers , that the king of the Nagas ( cobras ) recognised and protected Gautama when he attained the Buddahood - a ...
... Buddha was the Lord supreme whom even Gods adored , just as the early Buddhist missionaries taught the serpent wor- shippers , that the king of the Nagas ( cobras ) recognised and protected Gautama when he attained the Buddahood - a ...
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... ( Buddha's cave ) , he saw a deer in the distance . which he resolved to kill ; to his surprise however , he could not approach near enough to secure it , the deer keeping just beyond his reach , slackening or increasing its pace or ...
... ( Buddha's cave ) , he saw a deer in the distance . which he resolved to kill ; to his surprise however , he could not approach near enough to secure it , the deer keeping just beyond his reach , slackening or increasing its pace or ...
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