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Chapter Fifty-Seven
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## The City of the Jainas
**11.** Four human pillars adorn the platforms, each a bow less wide than the platform and a yojana higher.
**15.** They are visible from a distance of twelve yojanas, standing on lotus-shaped bases at the front of the palika. Their roots are made of diamond, their middles of crystal, and their tops of lapis lazuli.
**16.** Each pillar has two thousand corners, two thousand facets, and is adorned with rays of various gems. Above them, in all four directions, are images of the Siddhas, and they are surrounded by large, jeweled palikas.
**17.** At the front of the palikas, on the lotus bases, are shining golden pots. Attached to the pots are stairs, adorned with the splendor of Lakshmi's abhisheka.
**18.** These pillars, with their radiance, illuminate a region of twenty yojanas, like the jewel in Lakshmi's crown. They are designed to stop those whose minds are filled with ego, both gods and humans.
**19.** Around these pillars are four ponds, filled with lotuses and echoing with the sounds of swans, cranes, and geese.
**20.** Beyond the ponds is a vajra-made wall, chest-high, shining brightly, twice as wide as it is high, and surrounding the entire city.
**21.** Surrounding the wall is a moat, its earth made of gems that shine like water. The water in the moat is knee-deep, and it resembles a blue sari worn by the earth, a woman.
**22.** The moat is very clean, and its water is tinged yellow by the pollen of golden lotuses. The reflections of the directions, like women, appear in the water, with their faces adorned with angaraga.
**23.** Beyond the moat is a forest of vines, fragrant with fruits that perfume the ends of the directions. The forest is filled with birds and bees.
**24.** Beyond the forest is a wall, shining like gold, adorned with four large gateways, named Vijay and others.
**25.** At the gateways are the gods of the Vyantara caste, adorned with ornaments like kataka, and with their power they repel the unworthy.