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Rāypaseniya-sutta.
rth-eastern direction; having done so, emanated soul particles from the body at the creation of Auid form; having done so (cast a staff of) numerable Yojanas [ upto ] gross particles of matter; having done so, invested subtle atoms within himself; having done so emanated soul particles from the body for the second time, and began to erect celestial vehicle supported by many hundreds of pillars [upto] divine. Then the servile god erected three beautiful staircases on three sides of that divine vehicle to wit-to the eastern, southern and northern sides. The description of those three charming staircases is narrated in this way, viz. -its boundary was made of adamant, its prop was of Rittha jewel, pillars were of lapsis lazuli (. Veruliya jewel ) steps of gold and silver, bars of Lohiyakkha, joints of adamant charming [ upto ] splendid. In front of these staircases up-right arches were set up. Those arches were on pillars of variegated jewels and the middle parts of these arches were studded with various sorts of interwoven and intermingled pearls and were furnished with various stars to beautify them. [ They were painted with variegated pictures of wolf, bullock, horse, man.
