 The stone is altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles like light; and all those who pray fervently before it see from time to time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs.  India, Past and Present - Page 240by C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Sir George Forrest - 1903 - 380 pages
...the monastery was a stone stupa or tope, and in front of it a lofty pillar. " The stone is altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles...their petitions, figures with good and bad signs. It was here that Tathagata, having arrived at enlightenment, began to turn the wheel of the law." A... | |
 | Ernest Binfield Havell - 1905 - 256 pages
...front of it Asoka had placed a memorial column, about 70 feet high, polished like a mirror, "so that all those who pray fervently before it see from time...time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs". Another stupa close by marked the place where the five disciples sat in meditation in... | |
 | Xuanzang - 1906
...wall remaining. In front of the building is a stone pillar about 70 feet high. The stone is altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles...time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs. It was here that Tathagata (j'u-lai), having arrived at enlightenment, began to turn... | |
 | N. S. Ramaswami - 1979 - 224 pages
...still remaining. In front of the building is a stone pillar about 70 feet high. The stone is altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening and sparkles like...time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs." Referring to the "terrace", the "Siyuki" adds, "The length is about fifty paces and... | |
 | Samuel Beal - 2000 - 384 pages
...wall remaining. In front of the building is a stone pillar about 70 feet high. The stone is altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening, and sparkles...time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs. It was here that Tathâgata (ju-lai), having arrived at enlightenment, began to turn... | |
 | Catherine Young - 2003 - 184 pages
...diligently, is surprised by the pillar standing in Sarnath in the Deer Park. 'The stone is altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening and sparkles like...time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs." Here starts the symbolism. The shaft of the column is the emblem of the world axis.... | |
 | Catherine Young - 2003 - 184 pages
...diligently, is surprised by the pillar standing in Sarnath in the Deer Park. 'The stone is altogether as bright as jade. It is glistening and sparkles like...time, according to their petitions, figures with good or bad signs." Here starts the symbolism. The shaft of the column is the emblem of the world axis.... | |
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