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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA monds, bright..etc. In front of these idols of the Jinas, there were placed eight hundred bells, eight hundred pitchers, eight hundred yases (or earthen vessels)...and a similar number of mirrors, or plates, of small utensils, of tripods, of Manogulikas, of empty pots, of wonderful jewelled caskets, of precious stones like the horse necks ...upto..the bull necks...of baskets filled with flowers... upto...of baskets filled with feathers, of layers of flowers, of caskets, of oils,...upto..of caskets of collyrium; as also there were eight hundred incense pots. Over that Siddha-temple, there were the Eight Auspicious things, flags....and umbrellas upon umbrellas.
Page 201] (Sutra 40) To the north-east of that Siddha-temple, there is a big Upapāta Assembly (i.e, where gods meet),..as in the case of the Sudharmā assembly, similarly here also...upto...the jewelled platform ...eight vojanas...the divine bed the same description... the Eight Auspicious things, flags,...umbrellas upon umbrellas. To the north-east of that Upapāta Assembly, there is built a big tank, one hundred yojanas in length, fifty yojanas in breadth, ten yojanas in depth. To the north-east of that tank, there is a big Coronation-assembly, after the type of the Sudharma assembly..upto.. the Gomānasika seats, the jewelled platform, the throne, the other surrounding things..upto the garlands. There are placed in that assembly many articles necessary for the coronation belonging to the god Sūryābha,..as also the Eight Auspicious things. To the north-east of that Coronation-assembly, there is the hair-dressing apartment...just like the Sudharmā assembly...the jewelled platform of eight yojanas..the throne and the other things. There are kept in that Hair dressing department
