tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post6301742315878790575..comments2024-03-28T14:11:24.265-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: Building BridgesShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-75674423911466919152009-07-27T15:18:33.763-07:002009-07-27T15:18:33.763-07:00Thank you once again, Ven. Anandajoti, for drawing...Thank you once again, Ven. Anandajoti, for drawing attention to something I had missed. So often when I go sniffing around in neglected corners I find ‘you-know-who’ has already been there.Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-15054862874171893742009-07-27T04:38:33.311-07:002009-07-27T04:38:33.311-07:00The Sri Lankan Chronicle Culavamsa 86: 20-24
[The...The Sri Lankan Chronicle Culavamsa 86: 20-24<br /><br />[The King] Devappatiraja ... took the image of the god (Sumana) along with him in festive processions, set forth, betook himself first to the village Bodhitala and began from here to build bridges. Here at the mouths he made a large and magnificent bridge of thirty-five cubits, and over the Khajjotanadi one of thirty cubits, likewise at Ullapanaggama one of thirty-six cubits, at Ambaggama one of thirty-four cubits in lengths. (The bridges were) very strong and good so that elephants, horses, cattle and buffaloes could pass over them. <br /><br />Culavamsa 98: 86<br /><br />[The King Vijayarajasiha] to the east and west (of the town) where water made the road impassable, he had stone bridges put up for the comfort of those coming and going.Anandajotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976447022896538872noreply@blogger.com