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Titthassa (Obeisance to Tirtha)-although he had attained his objecthe took his seat on the simhásana with his face towards the East. The gods then placed images of the Jinésvara on the simhasanas of the three remaning directions. By the superhuman powers of Sramana Bhagavān Mahavira, these images of the Jinésvara, looked exactly like the Jinesvara hiniself Thus, although the Jineśvara had one form only, he assumed four forms as if with the object of enabling the living beings of all the four gatis (existences of life) to cross over ocean of this Sarısära. Then, a bhamandala (a circular disc of light) prepared, as it were, from the mass of most essential particles of innumerable orbits of Suns, became visible in a circular form behind the face of the worshipful Bhagavan Then, two asurapatis ( Indras of asuras ) namely Camaréndra of Southern Bliavana and Balindra of Northern Bhavana, stood on each side of śramana Bhagavān Mahāvira, with chowries as white as snow or the flow of cow's milk, and elegant with staffs made of precious stones of five clouss.
At that time, some gods, owing to devotion towards the worthy Bhagavān, began to sing, some began to dance, some uttered praise-worthy hymns, and some of the gods began to place near the feet of the Jinesvara, masses of lotus-flowers sprinkled with the juice of fragrant flowers of Kalpa Vriksa. The vault of the sky was filled with rows of thousands of vimanas (aerial cars) of the four kinds of dévas (gods) viz. of Bhavana-pati, Vana vyantara, Jyotizka, and Vaimātika gods The vault of the sky pervaded with beautiful viinas (aerial cars) made of gems and precious stones of five colours, assumed the splendour of a forest of lotus-flowers A number of animals possessing natural animosity towards each other i e a lion and a deer, a serpent and a pea-cock, a mungoose and a rabbit, and a cat and a thouse, remained in complete seclusion in the same area of the Samavasarana forgetting their mutual enmity. The Samavasaraṇa seemed beautiful, as if, it were a resting-place for all creatures afraid of the enemy in the form of evil Karmas acquired during successions of a number of previous lives
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