An encyclopaedia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences : comprising the whole range of arts, sciences and literature as connected with the institution (1887)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia : L.H. Everts · leaf 1054
also signifying towersand tumuli. This is a corruption of theSanskrit word Stoopa, meaning mounds,heaps, karns. The Topes of the Karlitemple, a Buddhist shrine, which may beseen up the Western Ghats from Bom-bay to Poona, are presumed to be Phallicpillars placed in front, precisely as Solomonplaced… … ness. Between these pillars may be seen thegreat window which lights all the Temple,arched in the form of a horse-shoe, whichis the Isian head-dress and Maiyas holysign, and after which the Roman Churchadopts one of Marys favorite head-dresses.It is the crown of Venus Urania. These pillars are…
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