 | Mahānāma, George Turnour - Buddhism - 1837 - 446 pages
...to the relics, and invested them with the sovereignty of Lanka ; exclaiming in the exuberance of his joy, "Thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the...of mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation ; " and accordingly he dedicated the empire of Lanka three times successively to the relics. The monarch... | |
 | Mahānāma - Buddhism - 1837 - 460 pages
...to the relics, and invested them with the sovereignty of Lanka ; exclaiming in the exuberance of his joy, "Thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the...of mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation ; " and accordingly he dedicated the empire of Lanka three times successively to the relics. The monarch... | |
 | 1867 - 276 pages
...the Mahawanso, on the dedication by the Rajah Dutthagamini of the Maha-Thupo in Ceylon. He said, " thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the redeemer of the i world, the divine teacher, the bearer of the triple canopy ; the canopy of the heavenly host, the... | |
 | 1873 - 442 pages
...Ceylon. Dutthagamini, the king, was consecrating a Dagopa, and while doing so, he used these words : " Thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the Redeemer...mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation." According to one of your correspondents, the Emperor of China has an umbrella " like the triple chatta... | |
 | George W. Strettell - 1876 - 258 pages
...umbrella as a symbol of Buddha. He said : — Thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the liedeemor of the World, the Divine Teacher, the Bearer of the Triple Canopy — tho canopy of the heavenly host, the canopy of mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation."... | |
 | Archæological Survey of India - India - 1879 - 416 pages
...one above another, each upheld on four sides by small figures. These may be symbolic of Buddha—" the bearer of the triple canopy — the canopy of...mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation," or they are typical of the Bhuvanas or heavens of the celestial B'odhisatvas and Buddhas. The roof... | |
 | James Fergusson, James Burgess - Cave temples - 1880 - 778 pages
...one above another, each upheld on four sides by small figures. These may be symbolic of Buddha — " the bearer of the triple canopy — the canopy of...mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation," or they are typical of the bhuvanas or heavens of the celestial Bodhisattwas and Buddhas. The roof... | |
 | Bombay (India : State) - Bombay (India : State) - 1880 - 654 pages
...one above another, each upheld on four sides by small figures. These may be symbolic of Shakyamuni the bearer of the triple canopy, the canopy of the...host, the canopy of mortals, and the canopy of eternal freedom, or they are typical of the heavens of the celestial Bodhisattvas and Buddhas. The roof of... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - Idols and images - 1883 - 832 pages
...Buddha. They were generally erected by a king, who used the following form of words in its dedication: " Thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the redeemer...mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation." The whole structure was dome-shaped, or, more exactly, canopy-shaped. The relic of Buddha—a tooth,... | |
 | Frank Stockton Dobbins, Samuel Wells Williams, Isaac Hollister Hall - Idolatry - 1883 - 830 pages
...Buddha. They were generally erected by a king, who used the following form of words in its dedication: " Thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the redeemer...mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation." The whole structure was dome-shaped, or, more exactly, canopy-shaped. The relic of Buddha — a tooth,... | |
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Thrice over do I dedicate my kingdom to the redeemer of the world, the divine teacher, the bearer of the triple canopy, the canopy of the heavenly host, the canopy of mortals, and the canopy of eternal emancipation. 
