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figures of swans. His wet-nurse took her seat on the left side. A beautiful young female attired with costly garments and various ornaments took her seat on the back holding an umbrella furnished with a border of strings of pure pearls hanging from it and a gold staff supporting it. On each side of her, two young females were sitting, waving two chowries as wbite as well-washed silver, in the north-east corner, a very charming young damsel was sitting with a jewelled vase filled with pure water and with a sprout resembling the trunk of the Indra's elephant. In the south-east corner. & beautiful gir! was seated bolding a fan with a gold handle, spreading the rays of various kinds of precious stones in her hand. In the rear portion of the palanquin, the Indras of the gods began to hold up umbrellas of gems as bright as snow, silver, Jasmine flowers or the beams of the Moon, with a handle of diamond, with one thousand and eight ribs (of an umbrella ) rendered more elegant with garlands of flowers, Saudharmendra and Išānendra began to wave chowries as wbite as nectar, snow or a heap of foum on each side of Vardhamana Swami.
Now, by the order of King Naudivardhana, one thousand handsome, healthy, and strong persons of equal age, anointing their bodies with a paste of sandal - wood after baib, and appearing beautiful with excellent garments and various kind, of costly ornaments came forward rejoicing with horripilation and thinking themselves exremely fortunate on having accomplished all their cherished objects, and instantly raised up the Candraprabhā palanquin on their shoulders As the palanquin moved onward, Saudharmendra supported the upper extremity of the southern portion of the palanquin on his shoulder, løānéndra supported the northern portion, and Camaréndra and Balindra supported the lower extremity of the southern portion and the northern portion respectively of the palanquin on their shoulders. The remaining Bhuvanapati, Vāna -vyantara, Jyoti: sk and Vairānika Indras supported the appropriate extremities of the palanquin on their shoulders. What more? The human beings avjoicing extremely with joy, first took up the
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