The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Volumele 3-4Colombo Apothecaries Company, 1883 Contains the Society's Proceedings. |
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Pagina 243
... Vishnu's garment . It is to this colour allusion is so often made in the descriptive writings of the Sin- halese poets ; as when they sing the praises of feet , soft and beautiful ' as the full blown lotus . ' කොම්ල ...
... Vishnu's garment . It is to this colour allusion is so often made in the descriptive writings of the Sin- halese poets ; as when they sing the praises of feet , soft and beautiful ' as the full blown lotus . ' කොම්ල ...
Pagina 263
... Vishnu , ' to the Brahman in the legend [ see Hardy on Buddhism , p . 472. ] who was deceived by the Jackal . " They will be deceived likewise , and the object at which they aim will not be attained . " 12 JOURNAL R. A. S. ( CEYLON ) ...
... Vishnu , ' to the Brahman in the legend [ see Hardy on Buddhism , p . 472. ] who was deceived by the Jackal . " They will be deceived likewise , and the object at which they aim will not be attained . " 12 JOURNAL R. A. S. ( CEYLON ) ...
Pagina 264
... Vishnu Purána , says , " The supreme being placed the earth on the summit of the ocean , where it floats like a mighty vessel , and from its expansive surface does not sink beneath the water . " One of our poets , in extolling the ...
... Vishnu Purána , says , " The supreme being placed the earth on the summit of the ocean , where it floats like a mighty vessel , and from its expansive surface does not sink beneath the water . " One of our poets , in extolling the ...
Pagina 265
... Vishnu Purána and the Buddhist scriptures place it in the centre of Jambudwípa . It is represented like the Olympus , to reach the skies , and so high , that a stone , if let fall from its summit , would not reach the earth in four and ...
... Vishnu Purána and the Buddhist scriptures place it in the centre of Jambudwípa . It is represented like the Olympus , to reach the skies , and so high , that a stone , if let fall from its summit , would not reach the earth in four and ...
Pagina 271
... Vishnu Purána , " of the four castes , were at first endowed with righteousness and perfect faith ; they abode wherever they pleased , unchecked by any impediment , their hearts were free from guile , they were pure , made free from ...
... Vishnu Purána , " of the four castes , were at first endowed with righteousness and perfect faith ; they abode wherever they pleased , unchecked by any impediment , their hearts were free from guile , they were pure , made free from ...
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Pagina 316 - Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
Pagina 337 - And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Pagina 337 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Pagina 328 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Pagina 338 - And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
Pagina 340 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Pagina 316 - And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more.
Pagina 326 - The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Pagina 328 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Pagina 324 - And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds...