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The Fifty-ninth Festival
Hearing this, Padmaabha, with a smiling face and full of joy, addressed the doorkeeper, who had bowed down at that moment, saying, "O Kalyani! Tell the minister to make arrangements without delay. Let there be a grand celebration in the Jinalayas." (26-30)
Let all the people, with great respect, go to the Mahendrodya Garden and adorn the Jina temples. (31)
Let them perform Jina worship throughout the world with toranas, flags, bells, lamboos, spheres, crescent moons, canopies, very beautiful clothes, and all other very beautiful equipment. (32-33)
Let the temples of Nirvana Dhamas be decorated especially, and let great joys, accompanied by all wealth, be initiated. (34)
The Vaideyas, who perform the puja in them, are auspicious and beneficial. I will wander with her, increasing the glory of the Jina Dharma. (35)
Having been instructed by her, the doorkeeper, appointing another woman like herself, told the minister as instructed. The minister, in turn, immediately instructed his servants. (36)
Then, those servants, with great zeal and joy, quickly went and decorated the Jina temples. (37)
In the temples, whose grand entrances were like the caves of great mountains, full kalasas, adorned with garlands and other ornaments, were installed. (38)
On the wide walls of the temples, made of gold, were spread beautiful paintings, attracting the mind with their gem-like designs. (39)
On the pillars were placed very pure and clear mirrors made of gems, and in front of the windows hung beautiful garlands, like clear waterfalls. (40)
Various designs were drawn on the ground where people's feet touched, with beautiful gem-like powder of five colors. (41)
Lotuses, with one hundred or one thousand petals, and with long stems, were placed on the thresholds of the temples and in other places. (42)
In places accessible to the hand, a network of tinkling bells was installed, making a sound like that of a lustful woman. (43)
Pattalambhoos, adorned with five colors, with variegated, shining, and beautiful mandidandakas, were hung loosely. (44)