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RAJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA tākṣa rubies, or the lac-dye, or the scarlet rug (or duelap), or the heap of Chinapista (a variety of vermilion), or the red lotus, or the red aśoka, or the red kaņavira, or the red bandhujīya. (The disciple asks )-"would these gems be like these objects)"? "No. that is not proper. Those red rubies were far superior to all these objects (enumerated)”. Now the yellow stones that were there, could be described in the following manner:-E.g. they were in colour) like the following things; yiz. The (suvarna ) champaka tree, or its bark, or a piece of champaka (wood), (or a cut in the champaka tree ), or turmeric, or a piece of turmeric (or its powder), or its essence (i.e. a pill), or yellow orpiment, or its powder or its (essence in the form of a) pill, or yellow pigment or ointment, or fine gold, or the line of gold on the touch-stone, [Page 65) or the golden ( coloured ) mother-of-pearl, or the garment of Visnu, or the allaki flower, or the champā flower, or the kūsmāndi flower or the ta dayadā flower, or the ghośātaki-flower, or the suvarna flower, or the suhiranya flower, or the excellent (wreaths of) flowers of korānțaka, or the biya flowers, or the yellow aśoka flowers, or the yellow kanavira flowers, or the yellow bandhujiva flowers. ( The disci. ple asks)," would the gems be like these thing ?" (The teacher answers)- “No. It is not correct (to say that). Those yellow stones were far superior to these objects (enumerated)”. Now the white precious stones that were there, could be described as follows:- e. g. they were (in colour) like the following objects), viz:-the anka jewels, a conch, or the moon, the kunda flowers, the teeth (of an elephant), the kumuda lotuses, water, the
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