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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SŪTRA
TRANSLATION.
[ Page 2 ] (Sūtra 1): In those days, at that time, there was a city named Amalakalpā, prosperous, peaceful, flourishing..upto.. palatial, worth seeing, charming and beautiful.
(Sūtra 2): Outside the city Amalakalpā, to the north-eastern direction thereof, there was a sanctuary named Amrasālavana,.. ancient..upto beautiful.
[ Page 7 ] (Sūtra 3): The descriptions of the excellent Aśoka tree, and of the earthen altar, (or slab of stone), should be known as given in the Aupapātika Sutra.
[ Page 20 ] (Sūtra 4): Sveta (was) the king, (and) Dhariņi (was) the queen; the Lord arrived; the congregation went forth,..upto..the king waited (on the Lord).
[ Page 30 ] (Sūtra 5): In those days, at that time, the god Suryabha was enjoying the various celestial pleasures in the Saudharma Kalpa in the Suryabha Mansion (Vimana), in the Sudharma Assembly, (seated) on the Suryabha throne, surrounded by four thousand gods who were bis equals in status (Sāmānikas ), by four chief queens accompanied by their attendants, by three councils ( or assemblies), by seven forces and by the same number of the Commanders-in-chief, by sixteen thousand body-guards, and by many other Vaimānika gods and goddesses who were the residents of the Sūryābha Vimana; with the sound of the (dramas or),
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