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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA dance. Others produced the neighing sound of a horse, or the rumbling sound of an elephant, or the rattling of a chariot, while still others [Page 211] produced the combination of all these sounds put together. Some tossed and threw themselves up, while others produced the sound of revelry, while others did all the three. Some jumped down, some jumped up, others jumped cross-wise, while others did all the three. Some roared like lions, some gave blows, some gave slaps on the ground, while others did all the three. Some thundered (or roared), some produced the sound like that of the lightning, some dropped down showers, while others did all the three. Some were burning, some were heating, while others were scorching (?), and others did all the three. Some howled, some gave loud outbursts of "fie' (on others), some despised others, some declared their own names, while others did all the four. Some of the gods arranged a gathering of gods, some made a divine illumination, some arranged a small gathering of gods, some were engaged in asking How do you do'? Others produced the “Duha-Duha' noise, others waived their garments while others did all of these (actions). Some ran and rushed here and there with lotuses in their hands..upto.. with lotus petals etc. in their hands; some with pitchers..upto.. with incense pots in their hands, and delighted..at heart, they moved on all sides. Then those four-thousand Samānikas..upto.. sixteen-thousand body-guards, as well as many other gods who were the residents of the metropolis of the god Sūryābha, perfomed the great, pompous and Indralike coronation ceremony of the god Sūryābha, and then every one of them bent down his head and placed it on
