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Vanakhanda, and in that Vanakhanda, there was a huge Asoka tree. ŚrīKrsna ruled over that Dwarakā city, which was great and high like mountain Mahähimavāna. (More description about king and city should be known from Aupapātika sūtra.) In Dwārakā city ten adorables (Dasa Daśārha) reside viz., Samudravijayaji etc. And there dwell Balarāma etc., five great warriors, Pradyumna etc., three and half crores princes, sixty thousand great fighters among them Samba Kumāra was the foremost, over fifty six thousand mighty men (army groups) among them foremost was Mahāsena. Vīrasena etc., twentyone thousand bravemen, Ugrasena etc., sixteen thousand rulers and Rukmini (heing foremost) etc., sixteen thousand queens dwell in Dwarakā city. Anangsenă etc., thousands of prostitutes (harlots)-courtesans also live there. Besides these, other numerous Iswaras (having respectable post and position), citizens, sārthavāhas (traders) etc., also live in this city. In this way with vast fortune, magnificence, mighty warriors, citizens, Dwarakā city was opulent. Sri Krsna Vasudeva ruled over this city and complete half of Bharat Kshetra (three parts of Bharata-K setra of Jambūdwīpa).
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तत्थ णं बारवईए णयरीए अंधगवण्ही णामं राया परिवसइ । महया हिमवन्त, वण्णओ। तस्स णं अंधगवण्हिस्स रण्णो धारिणी णामं देवी होत्था, वण्णओ । तए णं सा धारिणी देवी अण्णया कयाइं तंसि तारिसगंसि सयणिज्जंसि एवं जहा महाबले
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