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lotus flowers. The necklace of nine strings hanging from her aeck, was sportively dancing like stars out of bewilderment for her Moon-like face. Her tender feet coloured with a scarlet red dye appeared beautiful like the foliage of the lovely Aśoka tree. She appeared very charming by the auspicious mark with excellent Gośirsa sandal-paste on her forehead and by the jewelled rings on her teu fingers The royal bride thus beautifully decked with costly garments and precious ornaments, charming by the extending splendour of his bodily grace, and capable of overcoming the graceful gait of the royal swan attracted there by the sound of her lovely jewelled anklets, and whose lovely lotus-like face was reflected on the walls inlaid with precious jewels, walked there grecefully with the magnificent gaitot a lordly elephant, accompanied by her female servants, and entered the hall of marriage-altar which was decorated with fresh rows of auspicious festoons of green leaves and in which sacrificial offerings were commenead immediately by the sacrificial priest.
The ceremony of taking the bride's hand into that of the bride-groom, which was accompanied by auspicious songs and which was gladdening the hearts of the three worlds by its magnificence, then commenced. At that lucky moment, there were mutual greetings and exchange of musk, and other fragrant anointing oils, of flower-garlands full of buzzing bees attracted by the perfume of perfumed casckets, and of rolls of betel-leaves prepred with cracked betel-nuts, cardamoms, cloves, and other perfumed savouries on both the sides, and presents of excellent silk-garments, scarfs, of bracelets, earrings, coronets, armlets, bracelets for females, and or other ornaments, of horses born in Sindha Turkey, Camboge and other celebrated localities, and of lordly elephants 10 numerous indiuiduals according to their capacity. With the oblation of clarified butter, honey, and other materials to the nuptial-fire, in vigorous working, the auspicious walking around the nuptial-fire by the bridge-groom and the bride for the fourth time was thus completed. General Méghanāda becoming greatly
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| SR No. | 008002 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 623 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 14 MB |