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... difficulty was the want of water . For beyond the zone of the rivers they were re- duced to drinking from muddy pools fouled by animals , which gave them violent gripes . Be- sides this , at the limits of the king's territory , on all ...
... difficulty was the want of water . For beyond the zone of the rivers they were re- duced to drinking from muddy pools fouled by animals , which gave them violent gripes . Be- sides this , at the limits of the king's territory , on all ...
Page 54
... difficulty , and we even know whereabouts it happened , for the bo - tree stands to this day and gives us a landmark . The planting of this sacred tree - Ficus Reli- giosa - was one of the earliest events in the history of the city ...
... difficulty , and we even know whereabouts it happened , for the bo - tree stands to this day and gives us a landmark . The planting of this sacred tree - Ficus Reli- giosa - was one of the earliest events in the history of the city ...
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... difficulty was increased by the fact that the light is at all times bad , for the tree is overshadowed by buildings and higher trees growing in the vicinity . The only result of this first attempt was - flags , and a clear view of the ...
... difficulty was increased by the fact that the light is at all times bad , for the tree is overshadowed by buildings and higher trees growing in the vicinity . The only result of this first attempt was - flags , and a clear view of the ...
Page 81
... difficulty in getting it back from her before she carried it off to India . It was stolen and actually taken to India in the fourteenth century , but was restored after the Cingalese monarch him- self , Parakrama III , had been over to ...
... difficulty in getting it back from her before she carried it off to India . It was stolen and actually taken to India in the fourteenth century , but was restored after the Cingalese monarch him- self , Parakrama III , had been over to ...
Page 91
... difficulty " ( 1910-11 Report ) . The real name of the dagaba is not known , but its sanctity and the fact that it so closely resembles Thuparama lead to the conclusion that it is one of the older buildings of the city . All around , in ...
... difficulty " ( 1910-11 Report ) . The real name of the dagaba is not known , but its sanctity and the fact that it so closely resembles Thuparama lead to the conclusion that it is one of the older buildings of the city . All around , in ...
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Abhayagiri Abhayagiri dagaba Abhayagiriya ancient animals Anurad Anuradhapura Archćological Survey architecture Atamasthana bath beautiful beneath bo-tree Brazen Palace brick Buddha Buddhist buildings built called capital carried carved cave Ceylon Cingalese curious dagaba Dambulla decorated Dutugemunu dwarfs elephants entrance face feet figure flight of steps Floral Altar flowers Gaja Bahu gate gold granite guard-stones hapura height Hindu huge inches India island Isurumuniya Jetawanarama jungle Kandy Kasyapa Kurunegala Kuttam Pokuna Lankarama lion lotus Maha Mahawansa Mahinda Mahinda IV mighty Mihintale miles monastery monks moonstones naruwa Nissanka once ornament Outer Circular Road Parakrama Bahu pass pavilion pillars platform Pokuna Polon Polonnaruwa reign relic remains rest-house rock rock-cut round royal Ruanweli ruins sacred seen Sena showing shrine side Sigiriya slab specimen staircase standing stone storeys summit Tamils tank temple terrace Thuparama Tooth trees Vehera vihara Vijayarama wall Wijaya Bahu Yapahuwa
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Page iii - The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Page 58 - Abbey are believed to have flourished there twelve hundred years ago; the olives in the Garden of Gethsemane were full grown when the Saracens were expelled from Jerusalem; and the cypress of Soma, in Lombardy, is said to have been a tree in the time of Julius Caesar; yet, the...
Page 10 - Birth is attended with pain, decay is painful, disease is painful, death is painful. Union with the unpleasant is painful, painful is separation from the pleasant ; and any craving that is unsatisfied, that too is painful.
Page 33 - Which is not so much a particular single Town, as a Territory. It is a vast great Plain, the like I never saw in all that Island : in the midst whereof is a Lake, which may be a mile over, not natural, but made by art, as other Ponds in the Country, to serve them to water their Corn Grounds.
Page 15 - Our mind shall not waver. No evil speech will we utter. Tender and compassionate^ will we abide, loving in heart, void of malice within.
Page 15 - As a mother, even at the risk of her own life, protects her son, her only son, so let him cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world — above, below, around — a heart of love unstinted, unmixed with the sense of differing or opposing interests.
Page 99 - Abhayagiri, where there are now five thousand monks. There is in it a hall of Buddha, adorned with carved and inlaid work of gold and silver, and rich in the seven precious substances, in which there is an image of Buddha in green jade, more than twenty cubits in height, glittering all over with those substances, and having an appearance of solemn dignity which words cannot express. In the palm of the right hand there is a priceless pearl.
Page 58 - Abbey are believed to have flourished there 1,200 years ago; the Olives in the garden of Gethsemane were full grown when the Saracens were expelled from Jerusalem ; and the Cypress of Soma, in Lombardy, is said to have been a tree in the time of Julius Caesar : yet the...
Page 207 - ... personal superintendence of the King Kirti Nissanga, AD 1193. Bears in numbers find shelter amongst these ruins, and this sanctuary had only been vacated by some of them on hearing the noise of our approach. The guides, although armed with axes, as they advanced to the entrance often looked anxiously around, and requested that our guns might be kept in readiness. Before entering the building, the guide, standing on one side of VOL.
Page 109 - Pusána mountain, a range of buildings was at the same time constructed for the king's huntsmen. To the northward of these (he formed) the Gámini tank.