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Mahapuraanam
Then he saw the third enclosure made of crystal-like sky, which seemed to have attained purity due to the proximity of the Jina. ||104|| There, he was respectfully permitted by the great doorkeepers, the Kalpa-dwelling gods, to enter the assembly of the Lord. ||105|| He saw the glorious pavilion, extending a yojana in all directions, encompassing the entire universe within itself. ||106|| There, he saw the Munis, the holders of great knowledge, the Kalpa-born goddesses, the Aryikas, the queens and other women, the astrologers, the Vyantara and Bhavan-dwelling goddesses, the Bhavan-dwelling, Vyantara, and Kalpa-dwelling gods, the kings, and the animals like the Magas, all twelve groups, sitting in order. Seeing them, the great king Bharat, taking refuge in the first section of the three-sectioned seat, circumambulated it. ||107-109|| On that first section, the Chakravarti worshipped with joy the four Dharmachakras in all directions, which were held on the heads of the Yaksha kings and which imitated the disc of the sun. ||110|| On the second section, he worshipped the eight great banners marked with the symbols of the wheel, elephant, bull, lotus, lion, garland, cloth, and Garuda. ||111|| Then, the learned Chakravarti saw the world-teacher, Lord Rishabhadeva, on the third section, where the beautiful Gandhakuti was situated. ||112|| Within that Gandhakuti, he saw the Lord seated on a throne made of jewels, very beautiful and as high as the peak of Mount Meru, with a large body, covered by three umbrellas but himself without shade, destroying sins, whose halo encompassed the entire group of humans, gods, and Dharanendras, who seemed to be revealing his power to destroy the sorrow of the beings who took refuge in his feet, marked with the symbol of the Ashoka tree, whose surroundings were filled with waving chamaras, who was the possessor of a beautiful body, and who was therefore like Mount Meru...