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... Outer Circular Road westward the remains of this district , for these buildings , though similar in character among themselves , are entirely dif- ferent in construction from the ordinary type of monastery or vihara . This theory ...
... Outer Circular Road westward the remains of this district , for these buildings , though similar in character among themselves , are entirely dif- ferent in construction from the ordinary type of monastery or vihara . This theory ...
Page 55
... outer terrace ; while , alone on the inner one a monk , in a robe toned by fre- quent washing to an exquisite cinnamon colour , strode up and down . A mother - monkey , clasping her baby to her breast , ran down the sacred tree , but ...
... outer terrace ; while , alone on the inner one a monk , in a robe toned by fre- quent washing to an exquisite cinnamon colour , strode up and down . A mother - monkey , clasping her baby to her breast , ran down the sacred tree , but ...
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... apostate " king in A.D. 286 , and rebuilt by his son and successor . It will be noted that in the centre and at the corners the columns are of double thickness , com- pared with the outer ones , which are narrower , 62 THE BEAUTIFUL CITY.
... apostate " king in A.D. 286 , and rebuilt by his son and successor . It will be noted that in the centre and at the corners the columns are of double thickness , com- pared with the outer ones , which are narrower , 62 THE BEAUTIFUL CITY.
Page 63
Geraldine Edith Mitton. pared with the outer ones , which are narrower , having been split , probably to supply the place of some which had been lost or broken . The last rebuilding was due to Parakrama the Great in the twelfth century ...
Geraldine Edith Mitton. pared with the outer ones , which are narrower , having been split , probably to supply the place of some which had been lost or broken . The last rebuilding was due to Parakrama the Great in the twelfth century ...
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... outer platform , which is square , is now buried to a great extent beneath the rubble mounds , but was once decorated with elephants ' heads in relief , facing outwards , shoul- der to shoulder , all round . These were made of brick ...
... outer platform , which is square , is now buried to a great extent beneath the rubble mounds , but was once decorated with elephants ' heads in relief , facing outwards , shoul- der to shoulder , all round . These were made of brick ...
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Abhayagiri Abhayagiri dagaba Abhayagiriya ancient animals Anurad Anuradhapura Archćological Survey architecture Atamasthana bath beautiful 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 stupa 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.