 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...  The Lost Cities of Ceylon - Page 99by Geraldine Edith Mitton - 1917 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Faxian - Asia - 1886 - 246 pages
...the tope he further built a monastery, called the Abhayagiri 3, where there are (now) five thousand monks. There is in it a hall of Buddha, adorned with...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... | |
 | Inscriptions - 1912 - 360 pages
...of material I would not have been able to make out so much of the damaged text as I have done below. of Buddha adorned with carved and inlaid work of gold...substances, in which there is an image (of Buddha) in green jaile. more than twenty cubits in height, glittering all over with ihose substances, and having an... | |
 | Anuradha Seneviratna, Benjamin Polk - Architecture - 1992 - 168 pages
...Abhayagiri Dagoba and the monastery where there are now five thousand monks. There is in it a hall of the Buddha, adorned with carved and inlaid work of gold...silver, and rich in the seven precious substances... an image (of the Buddha) in green jade more than twenty cubits high... the dwellings of the merchants... | |
 | James Legge, Faxian - Religion - 2005 - 193 pages
...hall of Buddha, adorned with carved and inlaid work of gold and silver, and rich in the seven preck-as 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... | |
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