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with fresh gosírsh-sandal, bound upon him a swanfigured robe that might be lifted by the breath from the nostrils', tied round him a hára and half-hára, a single ávali?, a pearl ávali, a gold ávali, a jewel. ávali (down to) a godlike flower-chaplet.
42. Then they decked Prince Meha's body, like the Tree of Desire, with a four-fold knotted, wreathed, crowded, and twined garland.
43. Then King Seniya summoned his domestic servants and said, “Quickly, O beloved of the gods, bring here a litter, set with many hundred pillars and to be carried by a thousand men. The domestic servants brought the litter.
44. Then Prince Meba mounted the litter, and sat down upon the goodly throne thereof with his face toward the east.
45. Then Prince Meha's mother, having bathed and offered oblations, and having decked her body with ornaments of small and great value, mounted the litter, and sat down on a throne to his right side.
46. Then Prince Meha's father summoped his domestic servants and said, “Quickly, beloved of the gods, summon a thousand goodly young waitingmen who are peers, peers in complexion, and peers in age.”
Then the goodly young waiting-men, being summoned, said to King Seniya, “Show us, beloved of the gods, what we are to do."
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It was so fine that a more breath would blow it. String.
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