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TRAMSLATION
[ 59 of the Jinas. Those bones were (an object) worthy of being bowed down to...upto... waited upon by the God Sūryābha as well as by many other gods and goddesses. Above the Sacred pillar of Mānayaka, there were the Eight Auspicions things, flags, and banners upon banners.
I Page 193] (Sūtra 37 ) To the east of the Sacred pillar Māņavaka, there is a big jewelled platform, eight yojanas in length and breadth, four yojanas in thickness, all made of gems, bright...upto... beautiful. On that big jewelled platform, there is a big throne.... ..description with all its paraphernalia. [Page 104] To the west of that Sacred pillar Māņayaka, there is a big jewelled platform, eight yojanas in length and breadth, four yojanas in thickness, all made of gems, bright...upto... beautiful. On that jewelled platform there is a large bed of Gods. The following is the description of that Divine bed; e. g. the cross-legs of that Divine bed were of various jewels, the legs were of gold, the knobs of the legs were of various jewels, the other parts were made of Jāmbūnada gold; the centre (or the middle portion ) was made of various gems, the cushions (or the upholstery ) were made of silver; the pillows were made of gold, and the other pillows ( Bibboyanas) were made of rubies. That sofa had pillows on both the sides, was raised up on both the sides, was pressed low in the middle, was of the measure of the body (lit. could embrace the body), resembling the sandy beach of the Ganges sinking in (under pressure ); with its covering properly arrarged, having another cover of silken garment, and then covered with red garment; it is also very charming, soft, and in touch like the deer-skin, cotton, Būra plant, butter, or the soft cotton.
