Jain Journal 2012 07

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

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JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XLVII, NO. 1-IV JULY.-JUNE 12-13
or with designs of cow's eyes numbering a lakh, exquisite walls studded by gems similar to Indra's palace, with several servants to serve the occupants, with a gemstudded Simhasana in middle for seating. Further it also states regarding the scating arrangements in the plane [VII. 466-473].
simhāsanamidam śritvā vāyusrideśadikşviha / bhadrāsanānyasobhanta sāmānikadivaukasām // tāvatti caturasīti sahasrapramitisprśm/ asta mukhyāstadevīnām pūrvasyāmāsanāni tu // bhadrāsanānyabhyantara sabhyānāṁ tridivaukasāam/ dvādaśāsan sahasrāņi śritānyagnidiśam punas // daksinasyām diši svarga sadām madhyasadah sadām / āsanāni suśubhire sahasrāņi caturdaśa // āsanāni tu dakṣiṇapaścimāyām diši kramāt / șodaśāsan sahasrāņi bāhyaparșaddivaukasām // äsanānyadyutan saptā nīkanāyakanākinām / svarlakṣmītilakānīva paścimāśāśritāni tu // pratyāśam caturasīti sahasrānyātmarakṣiņām/ parito' pyāsanānīndu dhişnyānīva dhruvam babhuḥ // vimānendrasya tasyānyai rvimānairarpitam jitaiḥ / sampidya svamaho dande ratnāsanataticchalāt //
Around the Simhasana were other decorated seats like Bhadrasana numbering 84000 pleasure abodes, with 8 seats for the Devis in the east and with a Sabha, 12000 in the South east, in the South 14000 seats, 16000 from South to West portions in the outer region and so on. The starting of the Vimana and its descent is also described as in [VII. 492-494).
națadgandharvanātyādani kodyadvāditranihsvanaiḥ/ vimānādabhragarbheșu sammūrcchadbhiḥ pratisvanaiḥ//.