Jain Journal 1973 04

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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3. And then she saw) a good-looking, delightful, moon-like and jovial lion jumping from the sky towards her face : with his body-complexion whiter than a heap of pearls, an ocean of milk, the beams of the moon, the foam of waves or the silvery mountain; with mouth adorned with sharp teeth, well-set; thick and strong, and with fixed lustre ; with fine lips, soft like a noble lotus, well-proportioned and brilliant ; with the tip of the tongue protruding ; with palate mild and tender, like the petals of red lotus ; with eyes round, lightning like and gentle, revolving in the socket, like red-hot excellent gold just poured ; with thighs beautiful and large ; with developed and excellent shoulders ; with a mane soft, white, fine, auspicious, broad and extended ; with tail wellshaped and well-grown, erect and flapping ; with claws deep and sharp ; and with a beautiful tongue adorning the mouth-pit like newly sprouted shoot. 35
4. And then (she saw) Goddess Sri, with her face like full moon, seated at the top of the Himavat mountain on a lotus in a lotus lake, highly auspicious, on a lofty throne at a beautiful elevation ; with her pace as graceful as that of a well-placed golden tortoise ; with nails copper-tinged, delightful, fine and long beset on high, tender, fleshy limbs, with fingers like the petals of a lotus beset on her dainty hands and feet ; with round and well-formed legs adorned with an ornament called Kiruvindavarta ; with two knees deep ; with fleshy thighs resembling the proboscis of an excellent elephant ; with lovely and broad hips encircled by a golden girdle ; with a combination of a beautiful belly and a circular navel, containing a lovely array of hairs black as collyrium, black drone or cloud, straight, even, continuous, thin, long, admirable, handsome and soft ; her waist having three wide folds encompassable in a palm ; with ornaments and trinkets made of gold and set with many jewels and precious stones, with pure radiance, shining on her various limbs and body parts; with a pair of pure, cup-like sparkling breasts, swollen, decorated with Kunda flowers, bearing on them a necklace, with strings of pearls made by diligent and expert craftsmen, necklace, of jewels, with a string of dināras, and dangling pair of ear-rings touch ing her shoulders, and diffusing brilliance ; her face gracious, out-shining the combination of all adornments; her beautiful eyes, lotus-like pure and large ; with her brilliant hands sprinkling water, from lotus which served like a fan ; her glossy, dark, thick, smooth hair hanging downward ; such goddess Sri on the top of the Himavat mountain was being anointed with water from the strong and large trunks of the gurdian elephants. 36
5. And then (she saw) floating down from the firmament a garland, looking as graceful as a bunch of Mandara flowers because of the