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Bhagavai 3:1:4 causatthiņam āyarakkhadeva-sähassīņam, annesim ca bahüņam camaracamcarāyahānivatthavvānam devāņa ya devīņa ya āhevaccam porevaccam sämittam bhattittam ānā-isara-senävaccam kāremāne pālemane mahayāhayanatta-giya-väiya-tamti-tala-tāla-tudiya-ghanamuimgapaduppavāiyaraveņam divvāim bhumjmāne viharai. emahiddhie, emahajjutie, emahābale, emahāyase, emahāsokkhe, emahāņubhāge, evatiyam ca ņam pabhū vikuvvittae. se jahānāmae-- juvutim juvāne hatthenam hatthe genhejjā, cakkassa vā nābhi aragāuttā siyā, evāmeva goyamā! camare asuririmde asurarāyā veuvviyasamugghāenam samohannai, samohanittä samkhejjāim joyanāim damdam nisirai, tam jahā-- rayaņānam vayarānam veruliyānam lohiyakkhānam masāragallānam hamsagabbhānam pulagānam sogamdhiyānam joīrasānam amjanānam amjanapulagānam rayayānam jāyarūvānam amkāņam phalihānam ritthānam ahābāyare poggale parisādei, parisādettă ahāsuhume poggale pariyāyai, pariyāittă doccampi veuvviyasamugghaenam samohannati. pabhū nam goyamā! camare asurimde asurarāyā kevalakappam jambuddīvam dīvam bahūhim asurakumārehim devehim devīhi ya āinnam vitikinnam uvatthadam samthadam phudam avagādhāvagādham karettae. uduttaram ca nam goyamā! pabhū camare asurimde asurarāyā tiriyamasamkhejje diva-samudde bahūhim asurakumārehim devehim devīhi ya āinne vitikinne uvatthade samthade phude avagādhāvagādhe karettae. esa nam goyamā! camarassa asurimdassa asuraranno ayameyārüve visae visayamette buie, no ceva nam sampattie vikuvvimsu vā vikuvvati vā vikuvvissuti
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The Topic of Creation of Protean Images by the Gods (Devas) In that period, at that time, the ascetic, named Agnibhūti of the Gautama lineage, the second among the chief disciples of the Ascetic Lord Mahāvīra, seven standard cubits in height-Description ...... up to while offering adoration to the Lord, addressed him thus: Possessed of how great fortune, how great splendour, how great strength, how great fame, how great happiness, how great power is Camara, the chief and the king of the Asuras, O Lord? How great mastership has he in creating the protean forms? Gautama, Camara, the chief and the king of the Asuras, is possessed of great fortune, great splendour, great strength, great fame, great happiness and great power. He exercises sovereignty, first citizenship, lordship, protectorship, supreme authority and commandership over thirty-four hundred thousand mansions, sixty four thousand co-chiefs, thirty-three ministers, four custodians, five chief queens, with retinue, three assemblies, seven armies, seven army-chiefs, two hundred fifty-six thousand sentinels, and many other gods and goddesses inhabiting the capital city of Camaracañcā. He imposes orders on other gods for compliance. Enjoying celestial pleasures of flawless dances, songs, music produced by stringed instruments, palms of hands, rhythmic slapping, tearing, cube and drum by the expert singers
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