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Raypaseniya-sutta.
celestial beings who were the members of internal-chamber vested themselves in eightthousand propitious seats by the south-eastern side of Suriyabha god. Afterwards ten-thousand heavenly beings who were the members of the middle-assembly placed themselves on tenthousand auspicious seats situated to the south of Sūriyābha god. Then twelve-thousand celestial beings who were the members of the outer-chamber vested themselves in twelvethousand auspicious seats located in the south -western direction of Suriyābha god. Afterwards seven commanders of the armies occupied seven propitious seats to the west of Suriyabha god. Thereafter those sixteen-thousand heavenly beings who were his body-guards took sixteen-thousand auspicious seats on the four sides of Suriyābha god. Those (sixteen thousand auspicious seats) were arranged) as follows:- four-thousand to the east, fourthousand to the south, four-thousand to the west, and four-thousand to the north. Those body-guards had put on fastened armours for protection, bound fast their arm-guards for the bows, put on and fastened their taintless and excellent tablets of insignia, wore necklaces,
