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Page 98
... dagobas gleaming in the sun . Beyond shone the pleasant sheet of water through which the jungle had yielded the smiling plain ; the dead trees still stood up gaunt and black from its surface ; great white birds sat upon the black ...
... dagobas gleaming in the sun . Beyond shone the pleasant sheet of water through which the jungle had yielded the smiling plain ; the dead trees still stood up gaunt and black from its surface ; great white birds sat upon the black ...
Page 99
... dagobas , the shrines built by kings long ago to hold the relics of the Lord Buddha , they raised their hands , salaaming , and cried aloud , Sadhu ! Sadhu ! ' 1 ་ They picked lotus - flowers , and went to the great dagoba , which is ...
... dagobas , the shrines built by kings long ago to hold the relics of the Lord Buddha , they raised their hands , salaaming , and cried aloud , Sadhu ! Sadhu ! ' 1 ་ They picked lotus - flowers , and went to the great dagoba , which is ...
Page 104
... dagobas and vihares , that this god was very near their own lives . Who was he , this Tamil god , living in the wilderness , whom the Tamils said was Kandeswami , the great Hindu god ? These Buddhist villagers felt that they could under ...
... dagobas and vihares , that this god was very near their own lives . Who was he , this Tamil god , living in the wilderness , whom the Tamils said was Kandeswami , the great Hindu god ? These Buddhist villagers felt that they could under ...
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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 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 Malay 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