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( the ground ) with the heaps of five coloured flowers strewn and spread like those that are fallen from the hands while holding the braid (in amorous sport); having done so; he dreweight auspicious marks in front of the idols of the prophets with excellent, subtle, silvery, and charming grains of rice. Those (eight auspicious ) marks were as follows: Sotthiya [upto] Dappana (mirror). Immediately after it he, taking a vessel" for burning incense (which was) made of adamant, (whose) stainless (clean) handle was of Chandappabha jewel, ada. mant, and Veruliya, variegated with various pictures (prepared out) of gold, gems, and precious
stones, completely pervaded the whole space with the excellent fragrance emitted by the burning ‘Kundurukka’and 'Turukka' incense (of best. type ) and black agallochum, which gave out the line of fragrant smell, offered incense to the great prophets and praised them with one hundred and eight clear stanzas which were packed with great meanings, and where there was no repetition; having done so, he went seven or eight steps forward; having done so, he bent his left knee; having done so, he, placing his right knee on the surface of the
