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numerous seats like the swan seats,..upto..the seats with the Dikswastika markes underneath, all made of jewels etc..upto.. beautiful. In these forest-groves, there were in various places, numerous bowers of Jāti creepers, of Yuthika creepers, of Navamalika creepers, of Vasanti creepers, of Suramallikā creepers, of Dadhivasukā creepers, of Tambula creepers, of Mṛdwika creepers, of Nagalată creepers, and of Atimuktaka creepers, of Apphoyaga creepers, and of Maluka creepers...all..upto.. beautiful. In those various bowers, there were placed numerous slabs of stone, some of the shape of Swanseats,..upto...of the shape of seats with Dikswastika signs below; there were also placed many other slabs of stones, of various shapes, soft, rubbed and polished, O Long-lived Monk! and they had as soft a touch as that of deerskin, cotton, or Büra plant, or butter, very fine cotton; they were all made of jewels, bright ...upto...beautiful. [Page 160] And there, numerous Vaima-' nika gods and goddesses go and sit, lie down, roll at pleasure, laugh, make themselves merry, indulge in games and sports, talk (with one another), enjoy love's sport, and thus enjoy the auspicious fruit of their good actions done well in the past.
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[Page 170] (Sutra 33) In the midst of each of those forest-groves, there were some special palaces. Those palaces were five-hundred yojanas_in height, two hundred and fifty yojanas in breadth, were lofty, high and gay: their floors were very level and beautiful... their ceiling.....throne.....with all the other things (the description as before). There, (in those palaces), dwelt four gods; of great prosperity etc...upto..of one Palyopama duration; e.g. Aśoka, Saptaparna, Champaka, and
