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janas away from it (Vimāna). Those forestgroves are as follows:--to the eastern side Ashok, to the southern side, Satta-vanna to the western side Champak, and to the northern side-Mango grove. These forest- groves are a little bit more than twelve and a half lacs of Yojanas in length, five-hundred Yojanas in breadth, and each , of them protected by rampart, black and appearing black (The description of the forest grove)... ;
(31) The inside ground of those forestgroves is extremely charming. It is just like the leather of tabor ( known as Muraj ) or I upto ] decorated by different types of five coloured jewels, and grass. Their fragrance and contact are to be understood in due order [ as it has been stated ).., "Oh! revered sir, what sort of noise is created by the grass and jewels slowly moved, shaken, trembled, throbbed, quivered, caused to collide, agitated, caused to move heavily by the breezes blowing from the eastern, western, southern and nonthern directions ?” “Oh! Goyama just as a certain palanquin, litter, or chariot equipped with the umbrellas, banners, bells, flags, exceHent arches, the harmonious sound of twelve
