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Art. VI.—Account of a Ceremonial Exhibition of the Relic termed “the Tooth of Buddha,” at Kandy, in Ceylon,1in May 1828. Translated and abridged from the original Singhalese, drawn up by a Native Eye-witness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

W. M. G. Colebkooke
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On the full-moon day of the month Wes´k (Thursday, the 29th of May, 1828), the principal chiefs and other Kandyans, zealous professors of the Buddhist religion, celebrated the festival Dalada Pink´ma, when the following arrangements were made.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , January 1836 , pp. 161 - 164
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1836

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page 162 note 1 In Ceylon, it is customary for persons of rank, when going into public, to be preceded by a number of men bearing whips, with which they keep up a constant cracking. The lash of the whip is very long, curiously twisted, and tapering to a point; the handle is short and thick. Specimens of these whips are to be seen in the museum of the Royal Asiatic Society.—Ed.

page 162 note 2 The chank-shell, sankha, or conch (voluta gravis), used by the priests all over India instead of a trumpet. They are esteemed sacred; and there is a regular fishery for them off the north-west coast of Ceylon.—Ed.

page 163 note 1 The leaf of the great fan-palm (corypha umbraculifera), used as a parasol or screen.