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" Buddou, a great God among them, when he was upon the Earth, did use to sit under this kind of Trees. There are many of these Trees, which they plant all the Land over, and have more care of, than of any other. They pave round under them like a Key, sweep... "
A Description of Ceylon, Containing an Account of the Country, Inhabitants ... - Page 364
by James Cordiner - 1807
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Curiosities and wonders of the vegetable kingdom

Curiosities - 1849 - 192 pages
...natives of this tree, and the respect in which it is held by them. " The people pave round under them, sweep often under them to keep them clean ; they light...placed under some of them to lay their sacrifices upon. They set them everywhere in towns and highways where any convenient places are ; they serve also...
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Ceylon: past and present

Sir George Barrow (2d bart.) - 1857 - 220 pages
...the land over, and have more care of than of any other. They pave round about them like a key (quay), sweep often under them to keep them clean; they light...towns and highways, where any convenient places are; they serve also for shade to travellers. They will also set them in memorial of persons deceased—to...
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Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life; or, Rambles in parks, forests ...

Beauties - 1866 - 310 pages
...natives of this tree, and the respect in which it is held by them. "The people pave round under them, sweep often under them to keep them clean ; they light...placed under some of them to lay their sacrifices upon. They set them everywhere in towns and highways where any convenient places are ; they serve also...
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Cultus Arborum: A Descriptive Account of Phallic Tree Worship, with ...

1890 - 140 pages
...which they plant all the land over, and have more •care of than of any other. They pave round about them like a key, sweep often under them to keep them...set up their images under them, and a stone table is laid under some of them to lay their sacrifices •on ; they set them everywhere in towns and highways,...
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An Historical Relation of Ceylon: Together with Somewhat Concerning Severall ...

Robert Knox - 1911 - 590 pages
...under this kind of Trees. There are many of ihese Trees, which they plant all the Land over, and have more care of, than of any other. They pave round under...of them to lay their Sacrifices on. They set them every where in Towns and High wayes, where any convenient places are : they serve also for shade to...
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Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon in the East Indies: Together ...

Robert Knox - 2004 - 122 pages
...which they plant all the land over, and have more care of than of any other. They pave round about them like a key ; sweep often under them to keep them...of them to lay their sacrifices on. They set them every where in towns and highways, where any convenient places are ; they serve also for shade to travellers....
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