The Seven PagodasSeeley, Service, 1914 - 105 pages |
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ancient appear Archæological ARJUNA'S PENANCE arms AVATARA back wall Balarama Bali became boar Brahma Buddhist bull celestial Chalukyas Chingleput Chola churning conch Conjeeveram cowherd deity demon DHARMA RAJA'S RATHA Dharmaraja Draupadi DRAUPADI RATHA Durga Dwarf earth elephant emblems excavation feet female figures five Pandava brothers four front Ganesa temple goddess Durga Gods Gopuram granite head Hindu Hiranyakasipu Hiranyaksha India Indra inscriptions Kanchi King Narasimha Varman Krishna Lakshmi left hand Linga lion lotus mace Madras Mahabalipuram Mahadeva Mahamalla MAHISHAMARDINI Mahishasura Mamalla Mamallapuram Mantapam modern temple Naga niche origin Pallava Pallava King Narasimha Pandava Parvati pillars Prahlada proper right Raja RATHA relief carved repre represented right hand rock Sanscrit sculptures Sesha Seven Pagodas seventh century SHORE TEMPLE shrine side Siva standing throne TRIMURTHI TRIMURTHI CAVE two-armed upper right VAMANA Vamana Avatara VARAHA Varahaswami Vedas Vishnu Vishnu temple Western Chalukyas worship Yuga
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Page 20 - Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of Ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood, Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or,...
Page 19 - Such was the talk they held upon their way, Of him to whose old City they were bound; And now, upon their journey, many a day Had risen and closed, and many a week gone round, And many a realm and region had they pass'd, When now the Ancient Towers appear'd at last.
Page 20 - ... fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now, as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood. Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting their solitary caves, The lonely sound of winds, that moan around Accordant to the melancholy waves.
Page 19 - Shone o'er the dark green deep that roll'd between, For domes, and pinnacles, and spires were seen Peering above the sea — a mournful sight ! Well might the sad beholder ween from thence What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain.
Page 23 - Rajah became enamoured of one of them, who condescended to allow of his attachment to her ; and she and her sister nymph used thenceforward to have frequent interviews with him in that garden. On one of those occasions they brought with them a male inhabitant of the heavenly regions, to whom they introduced the...
Page 16 - O DURGA', thou hast deign'd to shield Man's feeble virtue with celestial might, Gliding from yon jasper field, And, on a lion borne, hast brav'd the fight ; For, when the demon Vice thy realms defied, And arm'd with death each arched horn, Thy golden lance, O goddess mountain-born, Touch but the pest — He roar'd and died.
Page 54 - The king of the serpent-race, as a large, thousandheaded snake, at once the couch and canopy of Vishnu, and the upholder of the world which rests on one of its heads.
Page 22 - Aniruddha, the grandson of Krishna, came to his Court in disguise and seduced his daughter, which produced a war, in the course of which Aniruddha was taken prisoner, and brought to Mahabalipura, upon which Krishna came in person from his capital Dwaraka, and laid siege to the place. Siva guarded the gates, and fought for Banasura, who worshipped him with his thousand hands ; but Krishna found means to overthrow Siva, and, having taken the city, cut off" all Banasura's hands, except two, with which...
Page 24 - Inder, their jealousy was so much excited at it, that they sent orders to the God of the Sea to let loose his billows, and overflow a place which impiously pretended to vie in splendour with their celestial mansions.
Page 45 - The dwarf concludes a speech with the semblance of moderation as follows : " I ask from thee a small portion of ground, three paces measured step by step. I desire no more from thee. A wise man incurs no sin, when he asks [only] as much as he needs.