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18
Harivamsha Purana
The earth was adorned with eight auspicious articles, namely, umbrellas, fly whisks, fans, water pots, flags, mirrors, wings, and fans, and eight types of great flags with the symbols of garlands, wheels, white cloth, lotuses, elephants, lions, bulls, and Garuda, as well as with manastambhas, stupas, four great forests, groups of blooming lotuses in the tanks, and latagṛhas (bower-like structures) made of creepers in the creeper forests, and all other kinds of famous wonders created by the gods. ||72-75||
Just as the planets like Shukra, etc., are adorned near the moon, being presided over by the Guru, i.e., Brihaspati, in the same way, near Shri Vardhamana Jinendra, in the first corner, were adorned many munis, adorned with the spotless Digambara mudra, presided over by their respective diksha gurus, i.e., their own gurus. ||76||
Then, in the second corner, were situated the Kalpavasini goddesses, bearing arms like Kalpa creepers, and they were adorned near the Jinendra in the same way as the bhogabhūmis are adorned near Sumeru. ||77||
Then, in the third corner, a row of Aryikas, adorned with various ornaments, was adorned in the same way as a row of clouds in the autumn season, embraced by shining lightning. ||78||
After them, in the fourth corner, were adorned the women of the Jyotishka gods, bearing radiant bodies. They seemed like stars reflected in the ocean of Samavasarana. ||79||
Then, in the fifth corner, the women of the Vyantara gods, bearing hand-shaped earrings, were adorned like the very Lakshmi of the forest. ||80||
After that, in the sixth corner, were adorned the goddesses of the Bhavanavasi gods, like Naga Kumara, etc., who had come from the Naga world, bearing shining hoods like those of Naga creepers. ||81||
Then, in the seventh corner, were adorned the Bhavanavasi gods, like Agni Kumara, etc., who lived in the Patala world and bore radiant garments. ||82||
After that, in the eighth corner, were adorned the Vyantara gods, like Kinnara, Gandharva, Yaksha, and Kimpurusha, etc., of eight types. ||83||
Then, in the ninth corner, were adorned the Jyotishka gods, like Prakirnaka, Nakshatra, Surya, Chandra, and Graha, etc., of five types, bearing vast bodies. ||84||
1. Srja chakra Kh. | 2. Guru bhiracharayerannyatra Brihaspatina | 3. Jatarupaṁ yathā jātaṁ anyatra jātarūpaṁ svarṇa tadvadachchā nirmalā vigrahā yeṣāṁ te | 4. -rāślishṭaśāradīva M. |