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The description of samavasaran assembly of the Tirthankar is as follows-on the ground level exist "Maansthambhas", (columns and pillars of pride) water reservoirs, trenches full of unpolluted clean water, garden land, compound walls, theatre hall, second garden, alter decorated in the mids by flags, compounds wall, celestial trees/kalpa brakcha, the compound wall surrounded by fortress, rows of stupas and palaces, twelve gatherings of human beings, celestial beings and saints existing in twelve apartments made of the walls of quartz/crystal gems and at the top summit - "swayambhoo" Tirthankara sits on the throne in the empty space (some what above the throne keeping himself untouched).
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52 Gems of Jaina Wisdom-IX
