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Śrāvakabhūmi further refers to the exalted position of the Cakravartin among human beings and mentions his sevenfold jewels. This indicates that he flourished during the reign of some Cakravartin” (Emperor).
Apart from these, several other references are also traced which reflect certain aspects of life and living in the time of Asanga. Peculiar kinds of blankets and conchshellst, kūrca and male's vāsasthāna and some other interesting items also find mention in the YBS and the importance of their study from the cultural view-point should be emphasized without any reservation.
1. तत्र मनुष्येषु चक्रवर्तिसुखमयं श्रेष्ठं प्रणीतं । चक्रवर्ती पुनर्लोक उत्पद्यमानः
सप्तरत्नसमन्वागतः उत्पद्यते । यस्येमान्येवंभूतानि सप्तरत्नानि भवन्ति । तद्यथा चक्ररनं हस्तिरत्नमश्वरत्नं मणिरत्नं स्त्रीरत्नं गृहपतिर परिणायकरत्नमेव ACTE | YBS., p. 91; vide also, p. 49. This Cakaravartin may be none else but the Gupta Emperor
Candragupta II Vikramaditya. 3. YBS. I. 19. 4. Ibid, I. 66. 5. Ibid, I. 68. 6. Ibid, I. 67 sq.
