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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... road , and caused 780 steps to be cut in the rock , in order that travellers might the more easily ascend ; and also caused resthouses to be made for the convenience of travellers on the road . And after expending a large sum of money ...
... road , and caused 780 steps to be cut in the rock , in order that travellers might the more easily ascend ; and also caused resthouses to be made for the convenience of travellers on the road . And after expending a large sum of money ...
Page 85
... road , or where a length of hill proved an obstacle too much for the animal's strength to surmount : * and certainly had the road not been in very fair order , we should have had to have bivouacked by the way , instead of breakfasting ...
... road , or where a length of hill proved an obstacle too much for the animal's strength to surmount : * and certainly had the road not been in very fair order , we should have had to have bivouacked by the way , instead of breakfasting ...
Page 86
... road , was indeed Adam's Peak itself , the lofty sky - piercing cone seen in the distant mountain view from Colombo and its adjacent Cinnamon Gardens : yet so it was , and to reach the top of that Peak we purposed starting on the ...
... road , was indeed Adam's Peak itself , the lofty sky - piercing cone seen in the distant mountain view from Colombo and its adjacent Cinnamon Gardens : yet so it was , and to reach the top of that Peak we purposed starting on the ...
Page 87
... road . The extended views and occasional glimpses of river scenery that greet the eye from the road , now skirting and now receding from the flowing stream , here narrow and rapid and there broadened into a placid lake - like bend , are ...
... road . The extended views and occasional glimpses of river scenery that greet the eye from the road , now skirting and now receding from the flowing stream , here narrow and rapid and there broadened into a placid lake - like bend , are ...
Page 88
... roads . The resident priest , in lately making some excavations on the spot , dug up a stone , upon which was a Sinhalese inscrip- tion partly effaced , but which , as far as has hitherto been made out , indicates that the temple had ...
... roads . The resident priest , in lately making some excavations on the spot , dug up a stone , upon which was a Sinhalese inscrip- tion partly effaced , but which , as far as has hitherto been made out , indicates that the temple had ...
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Adam Adam's Peak ambalama amongst Anuradhapura appearance ascent Atthakatha Awissawela believe Brahmans bridge Buddha Buddhist called cave century chains champac chief clouds Colombo coolies deity Déwálé distance district elephants faith feet flowers foot foot-print forest formed Gampola Gautama Buddha gems Gilímalé ground Hanwella height Heramițipána hill Hindu holy Ibn Batuta impression inches Island of Ceylon journey jungle Kalu-ganga Kandian Kandy king kingdom land legend light Maha Mahawansó Malabar miles Mohammadan monarch mountain Nága native night Palábaddala passed path Perahara PHILALETHES pilgrimage pilgrims pillars Portuguese priests Puttalam Rája Ratnapura reign relic residence resthouse river road Robert Knox rock rocky royal sacred Samanala says shrine side Sinha Sinhalese Sir J. E. Sítáwaka Sivá Solíans Soysa spot Srí Srí-páda steep steps stone stood stream summit Tamil temple tradition traveller trees vihára village Vishnu walls worship yakshas