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Chapter IV First Previous Bhava.
Nayasára. 14. In the Mahā Vidə ha Kşötra fata of Jambū Dvipa, there is an extensive Vijaya farte, a country with an area equal to that of the Bharata Kşotra, called Mahāvaprā arrant, which is an ornament of the whole western Mahā Viddha.
The ground of this Vijaya contained many varieties of precious stones suok as diamonds, rubies, capbires etc. which can compete with the brilliant gems in the diadem of the Indra; the whole country was free from the fear of pestilenoes and invasions froni armies of neighbouring king, owing to the presence of the Living Tirthankaras there; the country was adorned by numerous magnificent editioes of Jaina Temples possessing high pinnacles, ornamented at their top with beautiful gold Kalabas
Cat (dome-shaped pointed urnlike vessels ) studded with a variety of valuable gemg; the country had an abundance of variols objects useful for people desirous of worldly enjoyments; the country lessened, to a great extent, the pride of Svarga-bhūmi parf-heavens.
In this Vijaya, there was a very large town, deservedly named Jayanti Nagari (referr) which was surrounded by a spacious ditch fortified with lofty walls, which was made lovely by little pleasure-gardens furnished with tanks, wells, large lakes, rivulets, and large reservoirs of water prepared for various amusements; which appeared beautiful by well-designed roads and lanes arranged in the form of triangles, squares, spacious courtyards and many rows of hundreds of lofty edifices. The town was full of wise persons who put on pure clean apparel and who had lofty ideals; it was radiant with numerous gems, like Amarāvati
rahat, (the city of gods), and it was furuished with big doors on four siunds like an idol of Brahmā.
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