The Village in the JungleHansa, 1974 - 307 pages |
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Page 99
... pilgrims suddenly saw the monotony of the trees and of the parched jungle give place to the water , and the green fields , and the white dagobas , the shrines built by kings long ago to hold the relics of the Lord Buddha , they raised ...
... pilgrims suddenly saw the monotony of the trees and of the parched jungle give place to the water , and the green fields , and the white dagobas , the shrines built by kings long ago to hold the relics of the Lord Buddha , they raised ...
Page 102
... pilgrims . The street was thronged with pilgrims , idling , buying pro- visions , hurrying to the temple . It was near the time for the procession to start from the temple . The festival lasted fourteen days , and every night the god ...
... pilgrims . The street was thronged with pilgrims , idling , buying pro- visions , hurrying to the temple . It was near the time for the procession to start from the temple . The festival lasted fourteen days , and every night the god ...
Page 107
... pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple . There the kapuralas , blind- folded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
... pilgrims called upon the name of the god , and with bowls of blazing camphor upon their heads followed him in procession to his mistress's temple . There the kapuralas , blind- folded , took the god , hidden by the cloth , from the ...
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afraid Agent Hamadoru aiya Aiyo Amara Devi anger angry Appochchi Arachchi asked Babehami Babun Beddagama began Beragama brother Buddha buffalo called charm child cloth Colombo compound daughter deer devil elephant evil eyes face father fear felt Fernando fever fool girl give grain hami hand hang headman hear heard Hinni Hinnihami hunter judge jungle Kamburupitiya kapurala Karlinahami kill knew Korala Mahatmaya kunji kurakkan kurunies laughed leave leopard listen live looked magistrate months morning Mudalali Nanchohami never night path peon pilgrims prison Punchi Appu Punchi Menika Punchirala rain Ratemahatmaya rice Rodiya round sanyasi silence Silindu Sinhalese slowly squatted stood strange talk Tamils tank tell temple thing thought tired told took track trees trouble veddas vederala village walked watched wife wild woman women words yakka Yakkini yakko