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TRANSLATION with the lotuses being sucked by the bees, and filled with pure crystal-like (or bright) water; some of them possessed water having the taste of spirituous liquor; others contained water of (khora ?), others like ghee, milk, and salt; while others had water having the taste of sugar-cane juice (V. L. Kșoda ), and all were beautiful..etc. These wells,...upto... rows of small wells, had four flights of stairs in the four directions. The description of those stairs...the flags on the arches, and umbrellas upon umbrellas.. should he understood (as before). In between those wells etc...there were, in many places, various mountains like the Utpāta mountains, Niyati mountains, Jagati mountains, (artificial) mountains made of wood; there were also crystal bowers, water-bowers [ Page 159 ) and Daga-manchakes; there were also swings for men as well as birds, some of them high and others low, all made of precious stones, bright...upto... beautiful. On those various mauntains...upto...the swing, there were many swan-seats, crane-seats, and eagleseats, some of which were raised up, others low, some were long, some had birds carved underneath; there were some Bhadrāsanas, bull-seats, lion-seats, lotus--seats, and seats having Dikswastika marks under them,-all made of jewels, bright...upto.. beautiful. In those forestgrove places, there were bowers (or houses covered with) Ali or Māli creepers or plantain trees, or with creepers; there were rest-houses, theatres, toilet-rooms, houses with inner apartments, houses for Love's sport, houses [ Sālāgrhas ], houses with lattice-work, houses with art-galleries, houses decked with flowers, or with scents, and mirror-houses, all made of precious stones etc.. upto.. beautiful. In these various houses also, there were
