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places. The sandal coated pitchers (kalash) were also there. Every 9 gate was decorated with festoons and sandal coated pots.
Fragrant, round rosaries were hanging from top to bottom. The
decorations of sweet fragrant five coloured flowers were also for prepared thereon.
It was abundantly fragrant with smell of black agar (sandal wood), lotus (power), kundrushk (a fragrant substance), benzoin
and incense of the best quality and as such was looking like a palace Ke of fragrance.
The place was filled with movement of group of fairies. It was echoing with the music of celestial instruments. It was pure, beautiful and attractive.
At the ceiling of that level and attractive dancing hall there was an extremely grand canopy painted with pictures of padma-lata and others. रंगमंच आदि की रचना
४६. तस्स णं बहुसमरमणिज्जस्स भूमिभागस्स बहुमज्झदेसभाए एत्थ णं एगं महं वइरामयं अक्खाडगं विउव्वति।
४६. उस प्रेक्षागृह मंडप के अत्यन्त सम रमणीय भूमिभाग के बिलकुल मध्य भाग में वज्र रत्नों से बने एक विशाल अक्षपाट (अखाडा-क्रीडामंच) की रचना की थी। CONSTRUCTION OF THE STAGE
46. A spacious stage was constructed with vajra ratna in the centre of the level and attractive part of the Preksha grih (the hall for audience).
४७. तस्स णं अखाडयस्स बहुमज्झदेसभागे एत्थ णं महेगं मणिपेढियं विउव्वति* अट्ठ जोयणाई आयाम-विक्खम्भेणं चत्तारि जोयणाई बाहल्लेणं सव्वमणिमयं अच्छं सण्हं
जाव पडिरूवं।
४७. उस क्रीडामंच के ठीक बीचोंबीच आठ योजन लम्बी-चौड़ी और चार योजन मोटी पूर्णतया वज्र रत्नों से बनी हुई निर्मल, चिकनी यावत् प्रतिरूप एक विशाल मणिपीठिका की रचना की थी।
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