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[Third Chapter: Description of the groves and courtyards of the Banakhanda] [365 In those praaligharas (palaces) and aadarshdharas (ideal places), there are many hansasan (swan-shaped seats) and dishaswastikasan (seats with auspicious symbols in four directions), which are made of all precious gems and are beautiful. / In those places and parts of that Banakhanda, there are many jaai (mandapas (bower) adorned with jasmine flowers), juhi mandapas, mallika mandapas, navamalika mandapas, vasantillata mandapas, dadhivasuka mandapas, surilli mandapas, tambulinaagavalli mandapas, mudrika-draksha mandapas, nagalatta mandapas, prati muktaka mandapas, mandapas of special apfoya plants, maluka mandapas (trees with single-seeded fruits) and shyamalata mandapas. These are always in bloom, budding, and sprouting, and they are all made of precious gems, clean, and beautiful. / In those jaai mandapas and shyamalata mandapas, there are many earth-stone slabs, some of which are like hansasan (swan-shaped), some are like kraunchasan (crane-shaped), some are like garudasana (garuda-shaped), some are like unnatasana (elevated seat), some are like pranatasana (prostrate seat), some are like bhadrasana (auspicious seat), some are like dirghasana (long seat), some are like pakshyasana (bird-shaped seat), some are like makarasana (crocodile-shaped seat), vrishabhasana (bull-shaped seat), simhasana (lion-shaped seat), padmasana (lotus-shaped seat), and some are like disha-swastikasana (seats with auspicious symbols in four directions). O Ayushman Shraman! There are many earth-stone slabs there, which are similar in nature to the specific marks and names, and the main sleeping and sitting places. Their touch is as soft as ajinak (deer skin), cotton, bur plant, butter, and hansatull (swan down), and they are soft. / They are all made of precious gems, clean, and beautiful. There are many vanavyantara devas (celestial beings of the forest) and devis (goddesses) who rest comfortably, lie down, stand, sit, turn over, enjoy, behave as they wish, play, and engage in amorous play. / In this way, those vanavyantara devis and devas experience the fruits of their good and beneficial actions, the results of their religious practices, austerities, and other auspicious deeds performed in their previous lives. 126. (5) In that jagati (world) above and inside the padmavaravedika (lotus-shaped platform), there is a large forest called Banakhanda, which is slightly less than two yojanas in extent, with a circumference equal to the perimeter of the vedika. / It is of the color of the sky, devoid of the sound of grass and humans, and is pleasant. / There, many vanavyantara devas and devis live, dwell, stand, sit, turn over, enjoy, play, and are delighted. They experience the special fruits of their good and beneficial actions, the results of their good and auspicious deeds performed in their previous lives. / 1. The reading 'samalayamandava' is not found in some places. 2. The reading 'mansalsugutuvisitthasanthanasanthiya' is also found in some places. Those stone slabs are fleshy - not hard, very smooth, and of a special nature. 1