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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... Foot-print William Skeen. CHAPTER VI . Palábaddala . - Mountain ranges . - Kalu - ganga Bridge . - Uda Pawan - ella.- Nílihela . - Geṭanetul - gala . - Diyabetma.- Idi- katupána . Dharma - rája - gala . Kunudiya - parvaté . - Béna ...
... Foot-print William Skeen. CHAPTER VI . Palábaddala . - Mountain ranges . - Kalu - ganga Bridge . - Uda Pawan - ella.- Nílihela . - Geṭanetul - gala . - Diyabetma.- Idi- katupána . Dharma - rája - gala . Kunudiya - parvaté . - Béna ...
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... Foot-print William Skeen. and striking appearance , and for the interesting religious associations connected with it . On its summit is a shrine . which covers the renowned Foot - print , claimed by the re- spective votaries of India's ...
... Foot-print William Skeen. and striking appearance , and for the interesting religious associations connected with it . On its summit is a shrine . which covers the renowned Foot - print , claimed by the re- spective votaries of India's ...
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... Foot-print William Skeen. Mohammadan considers a holy place as bearing the foot - print of Adam , and which the Christians , or rather some of them , delight to believe is stamped with the foot of St. Thomas . Now I ask , whence this ...
... Foot-print William Skeen. Mohammadan considers a holy place as bearing the foot - print of Adam , and which the Christians , or rather some of them , delight to believe is stamped with the foot of St. Thomas . Now I ask , whence this ...
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... Foot-print William Skeen. himself also partook of it . " This passage certainly intimates that the mountain Sumano ( the same as the Samanala ) was believed to be a place of residence for priests at that time ; but it does not settle the ...
... Foot-print William Skeen. himself also partook of it . " This passage certainly intimates that the mountain Sumano ( the same as the Samanala ) was believed to be a place of residence for priests at that time ; but it does not settle the ...
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... Foot-print William Skeen. in the 64th chapter of the work , which treats of the accession of Prákramabahu the First , A. D. 1153 ; and the first royal pilgrimage to Samanala is recorded in the Rajawaliya . * This was performed on foot by ...
... Foot-print William Skeen. in the 64th chapter of the work , which treats of the accession of Prákramabahu the First , A. D. 1153 ; and the first royal pilgrimage to Samanala is recorded in the Rajawaliya . * This was performed on foot by ...
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