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In the Harivaṃśapurāṇa, in the Maṇitaraṇapāda, the gopuras are adorned with eight auspicious objects, such as umbrellas, chowries, and ornaments, in numbers of one hundred and eight each. ||26|| In front of those gopuras, on both sides of the streets, there are two three-storied drama halls, each with thirty-two celestial maidens dancing. ||27|| After that, in the east, there is the Aśoka forest, in the south, the Saptaparṇa forest, in the west, the Campaka forest, and in the north, the Āmra forest. ||28|| In these four forests, the Aśoka tree is the lord of the Aśoka forest, the Saptaparṇa tree is the lord of the Saptaparṇa forest, the Campaka tree is the lord of the Campaka forest, and the Āmra tree is the lord of the Āmra forest. These lord trees are adorned with images of Siddhas, meaning that images of Siddhas are situated beneath them. ||29|| In those forests, there are many triangular, square, and circular tanks. The banks of those tanks are made of jewels, and their ground is made of pure crystal. All these tanks are adorned with toranas, are worth seeing, have stairs, are adorned with high verandahs, are deep to enter, and are two krosa wide. ||30-31|| Nanda, Nandottara, Ānanda, Nandavatī, Abhinandinī, and Nandaghoṣā, these six tanks are situated in the Aśoka forest. ||32|| Vijaya, Abhijaya, Jaitrī, Vaijayantī, Aparājita, and Jayottara, these six tanks are situated in the Saptaparṇa forest. ||33|| Kumudā, Nalinī, Padma, Puṣkara, Viśvotpalā, and Kamalā, these six tanks are considered to be in the Campaka forest. ||34|| And Prabhāsa, Bhāsvato, Bhāsā, Suprabhā, Bhānumālinī, and Svayaṃprabhā, these six tanks are said to be in the Āmra forest. ||35|| The tanks of the east, etc., directions give fruits named Udaya, Vijaya, Prīti, and Khyāti, respectively, and those who desire these fruits worship these tanks. ||36|| Devotees who know the order, having obtained the group of flowers from those tanks as mentioned, worship the Jina images in the stupas in order, and then enter. ||37|| On both sides of the path between the tanks that give the fruits Udaya and Prīti, there are thirty-two golden, radiant, three-storied drama halls. ||38|| These drama halls are one and a half krosa wide,
1. Aśoka with the image of Siddhas. ||2. Jewels are their origin. ||3. With verandahs. || Verandahs are with birds like swans. ||