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Translation.
number of thousands of excellent five-coloured small flags, equipped with Vijaya and Vejayanta banners which are moved by the wind,. possessed of umbrellas over umbrellas, with very lofty peaks as if transgressing the courtyard af the sky, worthy to be looked at etc. and above those Mahinda banners there are]] eight auspicious flags, and umbrellas over umbrellas. In front of each of those Mahinda banners there is Nanda lotus-pond. Those lotus-ponds are one hundred Yojanas in length, fifty Yojanas in breadth, ten Yojanas in depth, and extremely pure (.........upto..........the description..............down to.........some are filled with natural water). Every lotus-pond is encircled by Paumvarveiyā and the latter by a forestgrove. On the three sides of those Nanda lotus-ponds, there are three excellent staircases (the description of those three excellent staircases............upto...........arches, flags, and umbrellas over umbrellas ). It is stated that in this Sohamma assembly-hall there are forty-eightthousand seats. They are as follows:-Sixteen thousand to the eastern, sixteen-thousand the western, eight-thousand to the southern, and eight-thousand to the northern sides.
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