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SĀRĀVALI PRAKĪRŅAKA : 11 30-31. Those noble monks who are restrained by the nine restrictions of celibacy, who properly perform ten monastic duties, who are endowed with seventeen types of renunciations, who discipline their bodies by twelve types -
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of penance, and who bear eighteen thousand phases of righteous conduct, attain purity of knowledge, insight and conduct.
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Such noble monks are situated there continuously beholding the Pundarika (Śatruñjaya) hill and studying and repeating the canonical texts such as Sāmāyika etc. as well as the fourteen pre-canons (Pūrvas).
There (on the Pundarika hill) somewhere there are silvery rocks, somewhere there are light radiations being emitted like those emitted from the heaps of gold and diamonds and they are very pleasurable to the sight.
34-36. With various fragrant trees such as Sandal (Gośīrsa and Malaya), Camphor, Aguru, Lobāna (Turuska), etc and other decorative trees like Aśoka and Kadali (Banana plantain) the hill looks highly enchanting. This hill is adorned with the trees like Punnaga, Nagacampā, Nāgakesara, Kaṇera, Palāśa etc. and flowering plants like Juhi, Pārijāta, Kimiśuka, Japa, etc. Also, it is adorned with the creepers like Mādhavi, Malati, Mallikā, Koranta, Jūhī, Damanaka, Ashoka, Kumkuma, flowers.
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