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sought wealth, many who desired worldly pleasures and many who only desired food. There very also many clowns and jesters (kilvishik), skull-carrying mendicants (kapalik), persons who suffered under state tax and other duties (karapidit), conch-shell blowers (shankhik), potters (chakrik), farmers (langalik), admirers en and flatterers (mukhamangalik), persons carried on shoulders (vardhaman), bards (pooshyamanav) and students (khandik). * These masses were shouting
"O king, the source of joy for masses, may you be victorious ! O king, the epitome of beatitude of people, may you be always that victorious ! May you gain exaltation. May you conquer the hitherto e undefeated. May you live among and protect those whom you have conquered. Like Indra among gods, Chamarendra among asurs (a kind of lower gods), Dharanendra among naags (a kind of lower gods), the moon among tara (heavenly bodies) and Bharat Chakravarti among men-may you live for many years, hundreds of years, thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years free online from all troubles and enjoying family and wealth with happiness and joy. May you have an extremely long life, may you be immortal.
"Being surrounded by your near and dear ones, may you reign over the city of Champa and many other villages (gram), aakar (settlement near a mine), nagar (city), khet (kraal), karbat (market), dronmukh (hamlet), madamb (borough), pattan (harbour), ashram (hermitage), nigam (trade center), samvah (settlement in a valley) and sannivesh (temporary settlement). May you be the ruler, leader, provider, lord and commander of these and support them. Amidste the incessant delightful performances 'of dances and songs, and rejoicing in music of instruments like Veena, Kartal, Turya and are not Ghanamridang, may you live happily enjoying uninterrupted and immense mundane pleasures.” They concluded this with hails of victory. Prag Tota-874
५४. तए णं से कूणिए राया भंभसारपुत्ते नयणमालासहस्सेहिं पेच्छिज्जमाणे - पेच्छिज्जमाणे हिययमालासहस्सेहिं अभिणंदिज्जमाणे अभिणंदिज्जमाणे,
समवसरण अधिकार
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Samavasaran Adhikar
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