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RĀJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA wonderful jewelled casket of a Sovereign Monarch of the whole universe, being enveloped in layers of crystals and lapis-lazuli illumines, renders bright, makes brilliant etc. that entire spot all around, even so those wonderful jewelled caskets also rendered that whole area bright, shining, dazzling and brilliant. In front of those [Page 142] arches, there were placed various gems of the measure of a horse-neck (or head), and of the heads of elephants, men, Kinnaras, Kimpurushas, Mahoragas, Gandharyas and bears; (or posibly these were various figures of the heads of these animals etc.), all studded with diamonds, bright..upto.. beautiful. On those figures of the heads of horses..upto... bears, there were placed two pairs of baskets filled with flowers, (or garlands ) baskets filled with powder (or perfumes), baskets filled with garments, ornaments, mustards, and down (or feathers);they were all studded with diamonds, bright... upto... beautiful. In those flower-baskets...upto. .featherbaskets, there were two layers each of flowers..upto... feather, and they were all made of diamonds bright.. upto.. beautiful. In front of those arches there were placed two thrones on each side. Their discription..upto...garlands. In front of those arches there were placed two pairs of umbrellas made of silver. Those umbrellas had handles made of lapis-lazuli, the corners were made of Jāmbūnada (gold), the joints where of diamonds; they were surrounded with a net-work of pearls; they had one thousand and eight golden spokes; they were scented with sandal paste perfume, and had the fragrance of all the seasons (i.e. of flowers etc. of every seasons); their shade was cool, they had auspicious deco. tation, and were shaped like the moon. In front of
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