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Samavāyāngasūtra
Thirty-four supernatural attainments (atiśaya) of the enlightened, Seers are expounded, namely: 1. Steady hair, moustaches, hair (roma) and nail, 2. Healthy (free from diseases), stainless [and] stick like body, 3. Cow milk like whiteness of flesh and blood, 4. Lotus perfume like sweet smelling exhaling and inhaling, 5. Concealed intake and defecation, invisible through eye of flesh [or eye of mortal], 6. [Supernatural manifestation of] wheel in the sky [accompanying the Ford maker], 7. [Supernatural manifestation of] three umbrellas in the sky [accompanying the Ford maker), 8. [Supernatural manifestation of two excellent white chawries in the sky (accompanying the Ford maker from both sides), 9. Throne with pedestal of sky like clear quartz, 10. the charming banner of Lord of gods (Indra) adorned by thousand of tiny flags, moving in the sky in front of the Seers, 11. Where ever the Venerable Seers stay or sit, there is (supernatural] creation by demigods (yakşas) of the excellent Asoka tree, entirely covered with leaf, flower and sprouts and decorated with umbrellas, flags, balls and banners, 12. A little behind the place of the crown (head), the circle of lustre is formed, which illuminates the ten directions even in darkness, 13. Piece of land (of his travel) excessively even and charming, 14. Points of thorns [of Seer's places of travel] becoming downward, 15. Adverse seasons turn into [that of] pleasant touch, 16. The air with cold and pleasant touch sweeps thoroughly the area of one yojana [of the Seer's place), 17. Cloud through suitable sprinkle of water subsides the dust particles, 18. [The earth] covered with plenty of flowers, of the knee height, blooming upward, in five colours, in water as well as on land, 19. Unpleasant sound, form, taste, odour and touch decay, 20. Pleasant sound, form, taste, odour and touch originate, 21. Heart pleasing voice of sermon extending up to one yojana (eight miles), 22. The Venerable preaches religion in Ardhamāgadhi dialect, 23. That sermon (though being delivered in] Ardhamāgadhī dialect is transmitted into the benevolent, auspicious, pleasant speech of Āryans, non-Aryans, bi-ped, quadruped, deer, animals, birds and serpentine ones, 24. Even though inimical, the divinities, demons, snake (gods with snake hood), Suparņa (species of mansion gods), demi gods, monsters,
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