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diamonds, and their tops were made of (or plastered with) silver; the ceiling was made of burnished gold; the lattice work of the windows was made of various gems, the bamboos, straight and crosswise, being made of rubies and the base of windows being made of silver; the sides were made of Anka gems; the wings of the sides were made of the same stones; the bamboos and small bamboo sticks were of Jyotīrasa stones; slabs were of gevels; the bolts were made of gold; the peculiar grass used for fastening the doors tightly was all white and made of silver; the covering was of diamonds; the covertops and domes were made of gold; they (i, e. the doors) were white, like the the surface of a conch, pure and spotless like thick curds or like the milk of a cow or like foam, or like a heap of silver; or like the white lotuses (or like the marks on the forehead), and like the crescent moon; they wery decorated with various gems and garlands; they were soft from inside as well as outside; there was (scattered) the sand and gravel of gold, very agreeable to the touch having a beautiful form, charming, beautiful, splendid and having a pleasant appearance.
[Page 132] (Sutra 27 continued): On both the sides of those doors, on the two seats (at the entrance), there were placed a series of sixteen pitchers of sandal. Those sandal pitchers [Page 133] were supported on beautiful lotuses, were filled with fragrant and sweet water, were mixed with sandal paste, had strings on their necks, having the covering of lotus-petals, and were all made of jewels, bright....upto....beautiful, and were like the biggest of pitchers, O Long-lived monk! On both the sides of those doors, on the seats at the entrance, there was a series of sixteen elephant tusks (probably serving as
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