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híka, Kamboja, Vajjara etc., [76] elephants of different varieties, of stately and graceful descent,-were given.
In the meantime, when fire was being offered the oblations of ghee, honey etc, the bride and the bridegroom began to take circular turns. (168)
In the first circle, the father of the bride gave with joy the hundred thousand pieces of unwrought gold. (169)
In the second circle, the ornaments consisting of necklaces, ear-rings, waist-bands and bracelets, were given. In the third circle, the silver vessels consisting of trays, porringers etc. were given. (170)
In the fourth circle, fine costly clothes of varied kinds were given to the bride by the father whose hair-ends bristled visibly with satisfaction. (171)
King Purusadatta also did courtesis to men, costly with abounding grace and fitting to his own state and gave priceless ornaments with pure jewels, gems and pearls to the daughter-in-law.
Thus after the great festival of marrige took place, many lacs of years passed away, of them experiencing the pleasures of senses, fit to be praised by all men and in which the attachment increased as the time went by. Some other time, Prince Simha who had gone for a horse-ride, saw in the Nagadeva Park at a very clean place, Acarya Dharmaghosa, expounding the sense of the canon to his disciples; who possessed the merits like handsomeness etc.; who was in his first youth; who was the treasure of merits like forgiveness, softness, straightforwardness, the renunciation of evil things, con
