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... described and illustrated in a subsequent chapter . They are of a shape which was found elsewhere in the later Neolithic period , the polished - stone age . Although such tools must have been in general use by the Sinhalese from the ...
... described and illustrated in a subsequent chapter . They are of a shape which was found elsewhere in the later Neolithic period , the polished - stone age . Although such tools must have been in general use by the Sinhalese from the ...
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... described vividly how he felt its hot breath on his face as he caught its open jaw with both hands while he lay on his back , with the Bear standing over him . He succeeded in holding it thus for some minutes , in the mean- time getting ...
... described vividly how he felt its hot breath on his face as he caught its open jaw with both hands while he lay on his back , with the Bear standing over him . He succeeded in holding it thus for some minutes , in the mean- time getting ...
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... described above , one of them sufficing for a day's eating . Of course the wilder Vaeddas who do not cultivate millet are without this resource , and live entirely on the forest products and animals at these times . The Vaeddas are ...
... described above , one of them sufficing for a day's eating . Of course the wilder Vaeddas who do not cultivate millet are without this resource , and live entirely on the forest products and animals at these times . The Vaeddas are ...
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... described these people should have remarked that their memories are defective . What better test of their retentive powers could be desired ? Are the Forest Vaeddas Primitive P - I have ventured to utter a doubt as to the position of ...
... described these people should have remarked that their memories are defective . What better test of their retentive powers could be desired ? Are the Forest Vaeddas Primitive P - I have ventured to utter a doubt as to the position of ...
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... described as no better than the wild beasts , and as using no human form of speech . On this account , any evidence of the civilisation of the ancestors of the Vaeddas which occurs in the early histories may be accepted with much ...
... described as no better than the wild beasts , and as using no human form of speech . On this account , any evidence of the civilisation of the ancestors of the Vaeddas which occurs in the early histories may be accepted with much ...
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Page 284 - The bricklayer, filling a golden dish with water, and taking some water in the palm of his hand, dashed it against the water (in the dish) ; a great globule, 'in the form of a coral bead, rose to the surface ; and he said, " I will construct it in this form.
Page 27 - Dominions there are many of them, that are pretty tame, and come and buy and sell among the people. The King once having occasion of an hasty Expedition against the Dutch, the Governour summoned them all in to go with him, which they did. And with their Bows and Arrows did as good service as any of the rest but afterwards when they returned home again, they removed farther in the Woods, and would be seen no more, for fear of being afterwards prest again to serve the King.
Page 202 - ... sick. 48. To the strong Rudra bring we these our songs of praise, to him the Lord of Heroes, with the braided hair, That it be well with all our cattle and our men, that in this village all be healthy and well-fed.
Page 108 - Before the sun above the dawning skies, *Tis time to reap ; and when they sink below The morn-illumined west, 'tis time to sow.*' Thus, in all ages, have the stars been observed by the husbandman, for
Page 299 - Buddha came to this country *, wishing to transform the wicked nagas, by his supernatural power he planted one foot at the north of the royal city, and the other on the top of a mountain 2, the two being fifteen yojanas apart.
Page 299 - ... the two being fifteen yojanas apart. Over the footprint at the north of the city the king built a large tope, 400 cubits high, grandly adorned with gold and silver, and finished with a combination of all the precious substances.
Page 115 - ... person marry one of the same family, even though the relationship was lost in remote antiquity. Such a; marriage is incest. The penalty for incest was death. Thus the daughter must marry either her father's sister's son, or her mother's brother's son, neither of whom would be of the same clan name. Failing these she may marry any of their name and should no such bridegroom be available marriage into a third family becomes necessary.
Page 121 - is to a great extent the colloquial Sinhalese tongue, but it is slightly changed in form and accent. Yet closely as it resembles the latter, these differences and the manner in which it is pronounced render it quite an unknown language when it is spoken to one who has not a special acquaintance with it. Besides this, the Vaeddas use their own terms for the wild animals and some other things about which they often find it necessary to converse. Such words are usually a form of Sinhalese, or admit...
Page 540 - The fifth caste among the Indians consists of the warriors, who are second in point of numbers to the husbandmen, but lead a life of supreme freedom and enjoyment. They have only military duties to perform. Others make their arms, and others supply them with horses, and they have others to attend on them in the camp, who take care of their horses, clean their arms, drive their elephants, prepare their chariots, and act as their charioteers. As long as they are required to fight they...
Page 576 - O true believers, surely wine, and lots, and images, and divining arrows are an abomination of the work of Satan; therefore avoid them, that ye may prosper. Satan seeketh to sow dissension and hatred among you, by means of wine and lots, and to divert you from remembering God, and from prayer; will ye not therefore abstain from them...