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[ 71 his folded bands [Page 212] and said :"Victory to you! 0) delightful one l Hail to you, O Auspicious one! May you conquer (things) unconquered (yet); guard those that are conquer ed; stay among those whom you have brought under your power; may you be like Indra among the gods, like the Moon among the stars, like Chamara among the demons, like Dharana among the Nāgas ( serpents ), like Bharata among the mortals; may you live many Palyopamas, many Sāgaropamas, many Palyopamas and Sagaropamas; may you be the ruler of the Sūryābha Vimana as well as of the four-thousand Sāmānika gods. .upto.. the (sixteen) thousand body-guards, as also of the many other gods who reside in the Sāryābha Vimāna"-and with these words they again hailed him with victory. Then the god Sūryābha, being thus crowned with great eclát by the Indra-like coronation cere. mony, went out of the Coronation hall by the eastern door, then went toward the toilet room (or the Hairdressing apartment), and going round, entered the same by the eastern door, then went toward the throne, and sat down on the excellent throne facing the east. Then the Sāmānika gods placed before him all the toilet requisites. Then the god Sūryābha first of all wiped off his body with a perfumed, fragrant, soft and tender red garment. He then anointed his limbs with the fresh Gośirşa sandal, then put on pair a of celestial garments which could be carried away (or wafted) even by the breath (i.e. it was so light), very charming (lit. rayishing the eye), having ( beautiful ) colour and (very soft) touch, even more tender and delicate than the saliva of a horse; it was white, having golden embroidery, and resembling in lustre the Ākāśa crystal; then
