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Rāypaseniya-sutta. mbling the half serpent, wholly admantine, superfine [upto] splendid, and like the tusks of huge elephants. Oh ! long lived ascetic in those (series of) tusks there are multitudes of the clusters of garlands, circular, pendant, and bound with black thread..........blue thread....... ...red thread..........yellow thread. There are also multitudes of the clusters of garlands, pendant, circular, and bound by white thread. Those wreaths are (like the) dazzling golden Lambusag ( i. e, an ornament of necklace pattern) the back side of which is studded with golden plates [upto] pervading the whole of the space from all sides by the sound giving delight to the ears and mind, ard highly shining due to their glory. On those series of the tusks of the elephants, it is stated that there are another series of sixteen tusks. Those tusks of elephants.......... [all the above stated description ...........upto] are just resembling the tusks of huge elephants. Oh! long lived ascetic on those tusks there are multitudes of Toops (swings, to suspend articles ) made of gold. In those loops of gold, there are many vessels prepared out of Veruliya jewels for burning incense. By those. vessels for burning incense, the whole