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पर सोने के समान पीली बालुका बिछी हुई है। सुखद स्पर्श वाले रूप-शोभा-सम्पन्न, मन 3 को प्रसन्न करने वाले, देखने योग्य, मनोहर और अतीव रमणीय हैं। DESCRIPTION OF THE GRANDEUR OF GATES OF SURYABH VIMAN
121. In each of the four wings of that Viman of Suryabh Dev, there are one thousand gates each in all the four directions.
Those gates are 500 yojans high, 250 yojans wide and 250 yojans is the entrance. They are of white colour. They are shining due to golden summits. Many paintings namely those of tiger, bullock, horse, man, crocodile, bird, snake, kinnar, ruru, sarabh, ashtapad, chamar, elephant, vanlata, padmalata on them are adding to their beauty.
Since the pillars are having jewelled summits the gates are looking grand. The pairs of Vidyadhar in a straight line and
mechanically propelled are looking as if moving. As the gates are Homemitting thousands of rays and are having thousands of paintings,
they are looking bright and extremely grand. They catch the eye of the spectators at the very first look. Their touch is pleasing. They are worthy to be looked at.
The description of those gates is as under
The plinth of the gates is made of hard jewels. The foundation is made of Risht jewels, the pillars are of Vaidurya jewels and the floor is studded with gems of five colours. The threshold of the doors is of Hansgarbh jewels, the door-bolls are of Gomed gems. The chaukhat is of Lohitaksh jewels, the hanging bowl at the doors is of Jyotiras gems, the pegs joining the pots are of Lohitaksh jewels, the strong covering upon mattress ceiling is full of Vajra jewels. The tops of pegs are of various types of gems. The place for bolt joint is of silver.
The back side of the doors is of Ank jewels. The doors are of such a fitting that there is not even the slightest space in between when they are closed. On both the sides of the gates there are 168 secret round holes each. In other words there are 336 holes and 336 verandah. Many jewel-studded dolls playing with tigers and snakes are made on the gates.
The sides are of Vajra gems, the summits of the sides are of silver. The upper parts of the gates are red and golden. The ventilators are
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Description of Suryabh Dev
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