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river Ganges and river Indus (Sindhu). Thereafter they went to the mountains and collected various types of flowers, fragrant substances, the vegetation and mustard seeds. Then they took water and different kinds of lotus flowers, from Pundreek and Padmadreh lakes ___ In a similar fashion, they collect water, flowers, vegetation, go-sheersh sandal wood and other fragrant waters and earth of the embankment of all rivers and mountains of all the areas and then came with it.
This description indicates that mustard seed was considered to be main item amongst all the auspicious substances It was called Siddharth (the substance that brings success in all functions). Even today, the water of rivers and seas, the earth of river banks, the heavenly vegetation of the mountains, lotus and other flowers that grow in water, the flowers growing on trees, go-sheersh sandal wood and other fragrant substances are considered most suited in performance of coronation ceremony and in doing worship.
It is also important to note that even the gods in heaven use the water, earth, flowers, vegetation and others of this world (inhabited by humanbeings) in their coronation, considering them of great auspicious value.
१९१. तए णं तं सूरियाभं देवं चत्तारि सामाणियसाहस्सीओ, चत्तारि अग्गमहिसीओ सपरिवाराओ, तिन्नि परिसाओ, सत्त अणियाहिवइणो जाव अनेवि बहवे सूरियाभविमाणवासिणो देवा य देवीओ य तेहिं साभाविएहि य वेउविएहिं य वरकमलपइट्ठाणेहि य सुरभिवरवारिपडिपुन्नेहिं चंदणकयचच्चिएहिं आविद्धकंठेगुणेहि पउमुप्पलपिहाणेहिं सुकुमालकोमलकरपरिग्गहिएहिं अट्ठसहस्सेणं सोवनियाणं कलसाणं जाव अट्ठसहस्साणं भोमिज्जाणं कलसाणं सव्वोदएहिं सबउट्टियाहिं सव्वतूयरेहिं जाव सब्बोसहिसिद्धत्थएहि य सब्बिड्ढीए जाव वाइएणं महया महया इंदाभिसेएणं अभिसिंचंति।
१९१. अभिषेक की सम्पूर्ण सामग्री आ जाने के बाद चार हजार सामानिक देवो तथा परिवार सहित चार अग्रमहिषियों, तीन परिषदाओं, सात अनीकाधिपतियों यावत अन्य दूसरे बहुत से देवों-देवियों ने उन स्वाभाविक (मनुष्यलोक में उत्पन्न वस्तुएँ) एवं देवो द्वारा विक्रिया शक्ति से बनाये गये श्रेष्ठ कमल-पुष्पों पर सस्थापित, सुगधित, शुद्ध, श्रेष्ठ जल से भरे हुए, चन्दन-लेप से चर्चित, पचरंगे सूत कलावे से बँधे-लिपटे हुए कठ वाले, पद्म(सूर्यविकासी कमलों) एव उत्पल-(चन्द्रविकासी कमलो) के ढक्कनो से ढंके हुए, सुकुमाल
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