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[ 37 Those doors were high, being five hundred yojanas in height. three hundred and fifty yojanas in breadth, and of the same (dimensions) at the entrance; they were white, with the tops made of fine gold, decorated with various paintings and decorations of wolves, bears, horses, men, crocodiles, birds, serpents, Kinneras, deer, Sarabhas, yaks, elephants, wild creepers and lotus-plants; they were beautifully surrounded by diamond-altars supported on pillars; they had a pair of artificial Vidyādhara boys serving as a mechanical contrivance, were full of a flood of rays, having thousands of reflections (or images), shining bright, arresting the eye, soft of touch, having beautiful appearance; the description of the doors is as follows:(e. g. the base was made of diamonds, the supports were made of Riștha gems, the pillars (baving nails ?) Were made of lapis-lazuli; their floor was studded with fivecoloured gems and jewels and set in excellent gold; the thresholds were made of Hansagarbha gems; the nails were of Gomejjaka precious stones; the panels of the doors were made of rubies; the beams on the doors were made of Jyotirasa gems; the nails were of rubies (Lobitaksa); the joints were of diamonds; the holes (in which the nails were screwed down) were made of various gems; the door-bars, as well as their rests were made of diomonds; the Āvartanapīthikās (i.e. the places where bolts are fixed) were made of silver; the upper sides of the doors were made of Anka gems, the handles of the doors were close and there were no crevices left in them; there were one hundred and sixty-eight pegs (?) in the walls, and the same number of seats (or beds ?); there were also many dolls (or statuettes) standing gracefully, as well as various forms of serpents etc. made of various precious stones; the walls were made of
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