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[ 19 filled with sandal; there were many clusters of round wreaths suspended below and above; there were the offerings of five-coloured fragrant and fresh flowers scattered all about; it was charming with the spreading of the sweet aroma of kālāguru, excellent kundarukka, turuska, and frankincense; it possessed sweet smell, was like the very concentrated tablet of scents, divine, resounding with the sound of truţita and other musical instruments; it was scattered over ( crowded ) with groups of heavenly nymphs was beautiful, charming and excellent. He then created by his magic, the ceiling of that audience hall (or theatre), and it was decorated with the paintings of wild creepers...upto...was beautiful. Just in the very centre of the extremely level ground of that theatre, he created by his magic, a stadium (or gallery for visitors, made of diamonds. Right in the centre of that stadium, he created by his magic, a huge jewelled platform, eight yojanas in length and breadth and four yojanas in breadth (or width), everything being of jewels, and bright, soft and beautiful. On that jewelled platform, he created by magic a throne, which could be described as follows:-The slabs (for the seat) were made of burnished gold, the lions consisted of silver, the legs were made of gold, the knobs of the legs were made of various jems, the other parts were made of gold, the joints consisted of diamonds and the hinges were made from various jewels, The throne was decorated with various drawings and paintings like those of wolves, bears, horses, men, crocodiles, birds, serpents, kinnaras, deer, sarabhas, chamaras, elephants, wild-creepers and lotus-plants; it had a foot-rest studded with the best and most
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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