pagoda

• Besides its structure the thing that really amazed me about the pagoda were the thousands of birds that constantly flew around it. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
• Chief among the offerings at the shrine were huge packets of gold-leaf, for the religious Burman loves to decorate his favourite pagoda with sheets of gold-leaf, till it glistens in the sun like a palace of gold Among the offerings ranged on the steps of the pagoda was a native painting, a quaint piece of work which drew Jack's attention at once. —  Jack Haydon's Quest
• I always thought a pagoda was a sort of odalisque--isn't that right? —  Austin and His Friends
• Here also there is a pagoda, which is but little inferior in size to the larger one; but it contains only large dark chambers covered with sculptures, which have reference to the worship of certain deities, particularly Vishnu. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 565, September 8, 1832
• This marginal note in Lichefild's translation of Castaneda, indicates the animal origin of lac, which has been elucidated of late by Dr Roxburgh.--E 53] From the sequel in the narrative of Castaneda, this Colastrian rajah seems to have been the sovereign of Cananor.--E 54] This word pagoda, applied by the Portuguese, to denote an Indian temple, is said to be derived from a Malabar or Indian word Pagabadi_, signifying any idol.--Astley, I. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

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