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MAHÂ-SUDASSANA SUTTA.
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At the door of the beryl chamber there stood a palm tree of crystal; and its trunk was of crystal, and its leaves and fruits of beryl.
'At the door of the crystal chamber there stood a palm tree of beryl; and its trunk was of beryl, and its leaves and fruits of crystal.
77. ‘Now there occurred, Ânanda, to the Great King of Glory this thought :
"" Suppose, now, I were to make a grove of palm trees, all of gold, at the entrance to the chamber of the Great Complex?, under the shade of which I may pass the heat of the day.”
Then, Ânanda, the Great King of Glory made a grove of palm trees, all of gold, at the entrance to the chamber of the Great Complex, under the shade of which he might pass the heat of the day.
78. 'The Palace of Righteousness, Ânanda, was surrounded by a double railing. One railing was of gold, and one was of silver. The golden railing had its posts of gold, and its cross bars and its figure head of silver. The silver railing had its posts of silver, and its cross bars and its figure head of gold 2
79. “The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was hung round with two networks of bells. One network of bells was of gold, and one was of silver.
1 Mahâvyâ hassa kutâgârassa dvâre. The Great Complex' contains a double allusion, in the same spirit in which the whole legend has been worked out: 1. To the Great Complex as a name of the Sun-God regarded as a unity of the four mythological deities, Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pragumna, and Aniruddha ; and 2. To the Great Complex as a name of a particular kind of deep religious meditation or speculation.
2 See above, $ 60, and the note on $ 54.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |