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[391] Above those jeweled platforms, various Caitya trees are said to exist. Those Caitya trees are eight yojanas high, half a yojana deep in the ground, two yojanas high is their trunk, half a yojana is the width of that trunk, in the middle, the upwardly emanating branch (vidima) is six yojanas high, the width of that vidima is half a yojana, all together those Caitya trees are slightly more than eight yojanas high. // The description of those Caitya trees is as follows: their roots are of vajra-ratna, their upwardly emanating branches are of silver and well-established, their base is of risht-ratna, their trunk is of vaidurya-ratna and beautiful, their fundamental large branches are of pure and excellent gold, their various branches and sub-branches are of various mani-ratnas, their leaves are of vaidurya-ratna, the stems of their leaves are of tapaniya gold, like the gold of the Jambunada species, red, soft, delicate coral (the previous state of the leaf) and bearing buds and the first sprouting shoots (or their peaks and various coral buds and shoots are adorned), the branches of those Caitya trees are bent down by the weight of fragrant flowers and fruits of various mani-ratnas. Those Caitya trees are beautiful in shade, beautiful in radiance, filled with rays and illuminating. // Their fruits have a taste like amrita-rasa. // They are extremely satisfying to the eyes and mind, they are palatial, they are worth seeing, they are beautiful and they are exemplary. // Those Caitya trees are surrounded on all sides by many other tilaka, lavanga, chatropga, sirasa, saptaparna, dadhiparna, lodhra, dhawa, chandana, nipa, kutaja, kadamba, panasa, tala, tamala, priyala, priyangu, parapat, rajavriksha and nandivriksha trees. // One should describe those tilaka to nandivriksha trees, which have roots, which have bases, etc., as long as they are beautiful. Those tilaka to nandivriksha trees are surrounded by many padmalatas to syamalatas. Those padmalatas to syamalatas are always in bloom. As long as they are exemplary. Above those Caitya trees are many eight-yojana mangalas, flags and umbrellas on umbrellas. 137. (4) In front of those Caitya trees, in all directions, jeweled platforms are established; those jeweled platforms are one yojana in length and width, half a yojana in thickness, made of all kinds of jewels, beautiful, as long as they are exemplary. Above those jeweled platforms, one by one, mahindajayas are established. // Those mahindajayas are eight yojanas high, half a kosha in height, half a kosha in width, made of vajra-ratna, circular, well-joined, well-connected, well-struck, well-polished, adorned with many thousands of five-colored flags, beautiful, with victory banners, victory garlands, umbrellas on umbrellas, reaching the sky, palatial, as long as they are exemplary. Above those mahindajayas are eight mangala-shalas, umbrellas on umbrellas. In front of those mahindajayas, in all directions, ponds are established. // Those ponds are thirteen and a half yojanas in length, one kosha in width, six yojanas in width, one yojana in depth, beautiful, of the color of a pond, filled with various kinds of fish, surrounded by forests, beautiful, as long as they are exemplary. 1. Sometimes "visitta" is also seen. //