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long, one yojan wide and half a yojan thick. On each of them, there is a Mahendra flag. Those flags are seven and a half yojan high and half a kos deep in the ground. They are of Vajra stone and spherical. The
description of them, the Vedika, the forest the three-runged stairs and i arched gates is the same as mentioned earlier.
In those Sudharma assembly halls there are 6,000 seats. Of them 2,000 are in east, 2,000 are in west, 1,000 are in south and 1,000 are in the 5 north. Bunches of garlands are hanging on them. There is a typical bed 46 like place constructed there. Their description is like that of the seats. The
only difference that instead of garlands, there are incense pots. 54 In those Sudharma assembly halls, there is a very levelled beautiful
piece of land and stony benches. The stony benches are two yojan long, two yojan wide and one yojan thick. On them there is a pillar of worship called Manavak which is like Mahendra flags seven and a half yojan in size. Leaving six kos from the top and six kos from the bottom, in the
middle four and a half yojan, the molars of Tirthankars have been kept. 1 4 The description of the seats and the concerned material in the east of the $
pillar of worship and of beds in west of the pillar is the same as narrated earlier. In the north-east direction from the beds there are small Mahendra flags whose size is same as that of Mahendra flag. They are
without any seats. Thus they are small than Mahendra flag. There is an i ordnance store named as Chopphal in the west from there. There is a 5
great iron mace and many weapons at that place. Eight auspicious things have been fixed above those assembly halls. In the north-west from them, there are two Sidhayatan. The description of the temple of Tirthankar is the same as before. The only difference is that in the middle of those temples there is a precious stony bench. Those benches are two yojan long, two yojan wide and one yojan thick. On each of the
benches there are seats of Tirthankars. These seats are two yojan long, 15 two yojan wide and a little more than two yojan high. They are totally 41 jewelled. The description of the idols of Tirthankars up to the incense pot
is the same as mentioned earlier. The description of the bed where celestial beings take birth and the description of other halls up to the place of rest and the like is the same as mentioned earlier.
There are many pots meant for coronation in the coronation hall. In the hall of beauty, there are many dresses (articles of embelishment). In
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