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" Although he had five legitimate wives or queens, as well as concubines, he did not leave any male issue ; and he bore the character of an indolent, voluptuous man, " addicted to love and poetry, and to nothing else, and who ruled his subjects with an... "
Ceylon and the Cingalese: Their History, Government, and Religion ... and ... - Seite 288
von Henry Charles Sirr - 1850
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An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of Its Inhabitants: With Travels ...

John Davy - 1821 - 578 Seiten
...His brother was chosen to succeed him. He ascended the throne with the title of Rajadi Rajah Singha. He bore the character of an indolent, voluptuous man, addicted to love and poetry, and devoted to nothing else. His reign of twenty years was tranquil, and undisturbed, either by insurrections...
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The History of Ceylon from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With an ...

William Knighton - 1845 - 424 Seiten
...Singha, after a peaceful reign of twenty years, produced an important revolution in the Candian court : " He bore the character of an indolent, voluptuous man, addicted to love and poetry, and devoted to nothing else *." The following is the description of him given by Mr Hugh Boyd in his account...
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An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and Its ..., Band 1

Charles Pridham - 1849 - 512 Seiten
...Singha, after a peaceful reign of twenty years, produced an important revolution in the Kandian Court. " He bore the character of an indolent, voluptuous man, addicted to love and poetry, and devoted to nothing else." Though he had five queens, he died childless and intestate. On the death...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1849 - 836 Seiten
...appointments. The king of Kandy, during this year, made overtures' to us for a renewal of the négociation, and conclusion of the treaty ; but before a definitive arrangement was entered into, Bajadhi Ilajah Singha died, after a tolerably tranquil reign of seventeen years. Although he had five...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Band 33

1849 - 954 Seiten
...after a mate wires or queens, an well as concubines, ho did not leave any malo issue ; and he bore thu character of an indolent, voluptuous man, "addicted to love and poetry, and to nothing else [this is extracted from ' Davy's Ceylon'], nnd who ruled hi? subjects with an easy yoke." The following...
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