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थी । प्रमोद (आमोद-प्रमोद) और क्रीड़ा के अनेक स्थान बने हुए थे, जिनसे साक्षात् देवलोक के समान मन को प्रसन्न करने वाली और दर्शनीय थी । वह अभिरूप-एक बार देखने पर बार-बार देखने की इच्छा उत्पन्न करने वाली और प्रतिरूप-जब भी देखो, तब नई सजी हुई सी प्रतीत होती eft i
Chapter 1
Description of Dwārakā City Maxim 4:
Ārya Jambū-O Bhagawan ! If śramaņa Bhagawāna Mahāvīra has expressed ten chapters of first section of eighth Aiga Antakrddaśā sūtra, like Gautama etc., then O Bhagawan ! What subject matter has Bhagawāna Mahāvīra told in first chapter ? Which type of description has he made ? Arya Sudharmă-0 Jambū ! Definitely that description is like this. At that time and at that period there was a city named Dwarakā (Bāravai). It was twelve Yojana long and nine Yojana broad. It was built by the imaginative intellect of Vaiśramana (Kubera-the god of wealth). It had ramparts of gold and adorned by turrets studded by five kinds of gems-Indra, Nila, Vaidūrya, Padma, Rāga etc. It was beautiful, as Alakāpurī-the city of god of wealth. There were numerous places of sports and pastime, rejoicings, amusements etc. On account of these, it was heart-pleasing like heaven and worth-seeing. It was abhirūpa-seeing once inspires the desire of seeing over and again; and pratirūpa-whenever visualised seemed newly adorned, that is, it was adorned in such a peculiar style that whenever seen from any corner and any way a new reflection of adornment came into view.
प्रथम अध्ययन
969
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