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SADDHARMA-PUNDARÍKA.
XXVII.
worlds and were sitting on their thrones at the foot of jewel trees, as well as Prabhūtaratna, the Tathagata, &c., and the whole host of Bodhisattvas headed by Visishtakâritra, the innumerable, incalculable Bodhisattvas Mahâsattvas who had issued from the gaps of the earth, the great disciples, the four classes, the world, including gods, men, demons, and Gandharvas, in ecstasy applauded the words of the Lord.
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