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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA the Toilet Hall....as in the case of the Coronation Hall, then he went toward the Court-chamber, took the broom of feathers, and cleaned the Holy Book with it; then he sprinkled it with a divine shower and worshipped it with the best of scents and garlards; then the jewelled platform, the throne, the rest as before; the eastern Nandā-puskarini; then he went toward the lake,...the arches, the stairs, the dolls, and the images of serpents, ..as before. He then went toward the Balipītha, gave offerings, called the Abhiyogika gods, and said unto them: "Quickly; O Beloved of the gods, perform worship in the places where three roads meet, in triangular places, in squares, in circles, in Chaturmukhas (four-cornered places ? ), in the Royal roads, on the ramparts, on the turrets, on the turret-paths, in the doors, in the gates and arches, as well as gardens, parks, forests, rows of forests, woods, and forest-groves, and then report to me quickly." Then those Abhiyogika gods, being thus addressed by the god Sūryābha,..upto.. having agreed.. did as ordered, then went back to the god Suryābha, and reported to him. Then the god Sūryābha went toward the Nandāpuskariņī, [ Page 225 ) ascended it by the eastern stair, washed his hands and feet, came up from it, and then started to go toward the Sudharmā Assembly. Sāmānika gods, upto..... sixteen thousand. Then the god Sūryābha, surrounded by fourthousand body-guards, and by many other gods and goddesses who were the residents of the Süryābha Vimāna, in great pomp and eclát,..upto...to the sound (of musical instruments ), went toward the Sudharmā Assembly, and entered it by the eastern gate; he then
