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[ 45 those arches there were placed two pairs of chowries. Those chowries-(had handles that were studded with various gems and jewels and with excellent lapis_lazuli havieg the lustre of the moonlight)-had multi-coloured handles, which were made of bright &burnished gold and studded with various bright and precious jewels set in gold. They (i.e, the chowries) were bairy (or curyed?), resembled (in colour) the conch, or the Anka gems, or Kunda flowers, or waterspray, or the mass of foam, or nectar being churned; their hair was fine, long, and made of silver, they were made of diamonds, bright,..upto...beautiful. In front of those arches there were placed two pairs of caskets (or jars). of oil, Kostha, of leaves of Choya, of Tagara, of Ela (cardamom) [ Page 143 ) of Haritāla, of Hingulaya, of Manasshilā, and of Anjana (or collyrium); they were all made of diamonds, bright, .upto.. beautiful.
[ Page 151 ) ( Sutra 29) In Süryabha Vimāna, on every door there were eight hundred banners having the sign of wheels on them and thus eight hundred banners with the following emblems:-Viz,,deer, eagles, umbrellas. feathers, birds, lions, bears, (or bulls ), Seyas (?), of fourhorned creatures (i.e. antelopes), and of exellent elephants; similarly in the east as well as west. In the Sūryābha Vimāna, on every door, there were placed one thousand and eight ensigns. In the Sūryābha Vimāna, there were groups of sixty-five Bhaumas (or particular buildings ). The description of the floors and ceilings of those buildings to be repeated. Just in the centre of each of those buildings there was placed a throne; the discription of those throness, with all the attendant objects; in the other remaining buildings there were Bhadrāsanas
(or auspicious seats ) in each. The uppermost portions of , Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
