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KALPA SÚTRA.
is the throne of Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, and reported to his lord that he had performed what he was cominanded to do. In reference to this transaction, the adorable ascetic may be supposed to have had three kinds of knowledge, but in reality he knew that he was to be withdrawn, and that he was withdrawn, but he did not know when he was in the act of being withdrawn.