Korean Buddhism, history-condition-art : three lectures (1918)
Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933 · Boston : Marshall Jones Co. · leaf 158
heaven ofgreat beauty. It is said that his heaven wassituated between the four peaks of Meruand consisted of thirty-two cities of Devas,eight on each of the four corners of themountain. Indras capital was at the centerwhere he sat enthroned, with a thousandeyes and four arms grasping the… … PLATE XXVIIFigure and Painting of Kwannon; Pomo-sa [Page 891 ART kings of the cardinal points. The wordDeva in Brahmanism is applied to the godsin general; if a god is not specifically namedhe is called a Deva. Brahmanism was the religion of Indiawhen Buddha came. He devoted his lifeto its…
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