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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA four other palaces which were half in measurement and proportion to the first. These four palaces were sixtytwo and half [page 180] yojanas in height, thirty one yojanas and two miles in breadth,... the description.. the ceiling, throne, the other paraphernalia, and the Eight Auspicious things on the palace, flags and umbrellas upon umbrellas.
[Page 182 ] (Sūtra 36) To the north-east of the first (or central) palace, there is situated the Sudharmā Assembly hall. It is one hundred yojanas in length, fifty yojanas in breadth, seventy-two yojanas in height, supported on many hundreds and thousands of pillars, lofty, having beautifully made altars of diamond and arches set in with beautiful dolls.........upto.......crowded with large groups of divine nymphs, and beautiful etc. This Sudharmā Assembly hall has three doors in the three directions, as follows:-(one each) to the east, south, and north. These doors are sixteen yojanas in height, eight yojanas in breadth, the same dimensions at the entrance (or depth ?), white, having tops made of fine gold,.... upto.. the wild-creepers. On those doors, there are the Eight Auspicious things, flags, umbrellas upon umbrellas. In front of each of these doors, there are Mukha mandapas one hundred yojanas in length, fifty yojanas in breadth, more than sixteen yojanas in height, the description like that of the Assembly. In the three directions of those Mukhamandapas, there were three doors, (i. e. one in each quarter), as follows:-To the east, to the south, and to the north. These doors are sixteen yojanas in height, eight yojanas in breadth, the same number of yojanas in depth (Praveśa ?); they were white, with their tops made of fine gold..... upto... ...wild creepers.
