Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion, the Antiquities, Institutions, Produce, Revenue, and Capabilities of the Island : with Anecdotes Illustrating the Manners and Customs of the People, Band 2W. Shoberl, 1850 |
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abode Adam's Peak adikars affirm amount Anooradhapoora appeared arrack astrologers attended attire beauty believe bride bridegroom Buddhaical Buddhist called century ceremony Ceylon Chan-na chatties Christian Cingalese cocoa-nut Colombo Colonial colour comboy court custom Dagobah Dalada death decorated demon dewales district dwelling edifice elephants European extreme father feet flowers former frequently gods gold Goutama Buddha greater number head high caste honour howdah hundred husband island jingalls Kandian Kandy kappuralles king of Kandy king's land Lanka-diva laws leaves Majesty's Govern Malabar maritime provinces marriage ment monarch Moodliar mountain natives nobles and chiefs offerings ornamented palace Parraharrah person pillars placed Pollanarooa portion Prackrama present priesthood priests queen Ramayana reign relic religion religious remains revenue Rhodia rice robes rock royal ruins rupee sacred seated Sid-harte Sodo-den stone tain temple of Buddha throne tion tom-tom tree Trial by ordeal upasampada vase Veddahs Vishnu whilst white cloth wife wihare Wijeya worship
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 7 - ... led to the appointment of a committee of the House of Commons to investigate the affairs of the colony.
Seite 43 - There is a language which is the root (of all languages) ; men and brahmas at the commencement of the kalpa, who never before heard or uttered a human accent, and even the supreme Budhas, spoke it ; it is Magadhi.
Seite 232 - ... for his life. By this means also, they will sometimes threaten to revenge themselves of those with whom they have any contest, and do it too, and upon the same intent they will also jump down some steep place, or hang or make away with themselves, that so they may bring their adversary to great damage.
Seite 284 - The magnificent city of Anuradhapoora is refulgent from the numerous temples and palaces whose golden pinnacles glitter in the sky. The sides of its streets are strewed with black sand, and the middle is sprinkled with white sand ; they are spanned by arches...
Seite 264 - ... the extremity of which is placed at the bottom of the fire, and through which the artist directs the blast of the blowpipe ; two or three small crucibles made of the fine clay of ant-hills ; a pair of tongs ; an anvil ; two or three small hammers...
Seite 312 - Rama, supposed by some to be a fabulous being. A solitary stone pillar, is all that remains perfect of this magnificent edifice. The shape of this sole memento of the past is remarkably singular, as the stone is formed alternately into squares and octagons. Sir William Jones, the eminent Oriental scholar, fixes the date of Rama's existence about eighteen hundred and ten years before the Christian era, and writes, " Rama, who conquered Silan [or Ceylon] a few centuries after the flood.
Seite 82 - To the virtuous all is pure. Therefore think not that going unclothed, fasting, or lying on the ground, can make the impure pure, for the mind will still remain the same.
Seite 92 - Here, it may be remarked, that when the relic was taken, the effect of its capture was astonishing and almost beyond the comprehension of the enlightened: — "Now (the people said) the English are indeed masters of the country; for they who possess the relic have a right to govern four kingdoms: this , for 2000 years, is the first time the relic was ever taken from us...
Seite 276 - The fever of almost every year and season, and place, has something peculiar to mark it ; in the endemic of one place or season there may be a strong tendency to delirium, in that of another to intermission and relapse, and disease of the spleen : in that of a third to change of disease, from fever to dysentery." And it is dysentery following fever, w;hich usually proves fatal to numbers of our coun* Our government have established an hospital for the reception of those who are afflicted with this...
Seite 41 - It is most extraordinary, but all those who have been in the East frankly admit that among the half castes is to be found every vice that disgraces humanity, and nowhere is this axiom more strikingly exemplified than in the male and female Burghers of Ceylon. In making this statement, we do not mean to assert that ALL are destitute of good feeling, as we have known two or three men who possessed kindly feelings and cultivated minds, but unfortunately such are the exceptions to the general rule.