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India in Primitive Christianity: Chapter XVI. Ceylon

Arthur LillieBuddhist-Christian ParallelsComparative ReligionIndia in Primitive Christianity

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Hiouen Thsiang, the Chinese traveller, on the religion of the Island in his day—"Followers of the Great Vehicle"—Bishop Copleston combats this—Three hundred Great Vehicle monks at Kânchapura—Wytulian heresy—Kappooism—S’iva as Saman Deva Raja supreme in the Island—Dewales and Buddhist Viharas in the same enclosures—Cure of the sick officially handed over to the Kappooists—Sekkraia (S’iva as Indra) a man, half-man, half stone—S’ivan mystery—the "Inebriating Festival of the Buddha"—Legend—Temple…