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(similar or) beautiful stair-cases; [ Page [8] e. g. the circumference (or rim) was made of diamonds; the landing (or the supports?) were made of rista-jewels; the pillars were studded with lapis-lazuli; the planks. were made of gold and silver; the nails (or screws) consisted of the lohitākṣa rubies; the joints were fixed with diamonds; the supports (or balustrades) consisted of various jewels; so also the two walls of the sides of the stair-case ( were studded with jewels), and were beautiful upto agreeable. He then created, by magic, arches in front of those three (similar or) beautiful stair-cases. The arches were (supported by) pillars. studded with various jewels, and wherein also were fixed, at a close distance and firmly, various pearls; they were also decorated with various stars; there were also the paintings and decorations of wolves, bears, horses, men, crocodiles, birds, serpents, kinnaras, rurus (or deer, ). Sarabhas, chamaras (or yaks ), elephants, wild-creepers, and lotus-plants; they were also charming with the altars (or flat places) supported by pillars studded with diamonds; they were also endowed with the pairs of mechanical vidyadharas placed in a line. They were flooded with thousands of rays; they (also) possessed thousands of reflections, were shining, and resplendent, arresting the eye, full of splendour, charming upto beautiful. [ Page 61] Just above these arches were placed the Eight Auspicious things, Viz:-(1) The Swastika mark, (2) the Śrīvatsa, (3) Nandyāvarta, (4) Vardhamānaka, (powder flask ), (5) The Auspicious Seat, (6) Water-jar, (7) (Two) Fish, and (8) A Mirror, upto. ...... beautiful. Above those arches, he created by magic, many flags along with black chowries upto flags with
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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