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The Vimān avāsi gods made the upper-most rampart of jewels (ratna) with battlements ( kapiśirşa ) of various gems. In the middle part, the Jyotiskagods made a rampart (vapra) of gold with battlements of jewels on it. The third and the outermost fortification-wall, constructed by the Bhavanapatigods, was made of silver and decorated on top with extensive battlements or coping stones of golden lotuses.
Each of these walls or ramparts had four ornamental gateways (gopura j. At each gate, jars of incense were set by the Vyantara gods. Besides, at each gate, they made a tank (väpi) with golden lotuses and having four gates like the rampart of the samavasarana:
To the north-east, inside the second wall, they made a dais ( devacchanda) for the Master to rest on. On both sides of the east-gate of the first rampart stood two gold-coloured Vaimanjka gods, as door-keepers. At its south.gate at the sides stood white Vyantara gods, at the west-gate two Jyotişka gods of red colour, and at the north.gate two Bhavanādhipatis black like clouds, stood as doorkeepers. At the four gates of the second wall 9, in the same order, beginning with the east, stood the goddesses Jayā, Vijayā, Ajitā and Aparăjitä, each with one hand in the abhaya-mudra and the other three hands carrying the noose, the goad and the hammer. On the last rampart at each gate, stood a Tuinburu as door-keeper, carrying a skull.crowned club ( khațvänga ) having a garland of human skulls, and adorned with a coronet of matted hair. 4 1 Cl.:-afat a tomada de TI
मणिकंचणकविसीसगविभूसिए ते विउठति ॥ ५४८ ॥ अब्भन्तर मज्झ बहिं विमाणजोइभवणाहिवकया उ । पागारा तिरिया भवे रयणे कणगे य रायए य ॥ ५४६ ॥
Avaśyaka Niryukti, op. cit., p. 231. 2 Cf.:- forgaga matai Hoatu CRM
सव्वरयणमया च्चिय पडागधयतोरणविचित्ता ॥ ५५०॥ तत्तो य समंतेणं कालागरूकुन्दुरुक्मीसेण। गंधेण मणहरेणं धूवघडीओ विउव्वेंति ॥ ५५१॥
Ibid., p. 231. 3 The distance between any two walls, as laid down by Jinaprabha, op. cit., is one gavyūla and 600 dhanus. I gavyūta = 4 miles; I dhanus = 4 hastas or cubits. The thickness of a wall = 33 cubits, heights 500 cubits. For a discussion on measurements, see Kapadia, H. R., Stuti-Caturvimśatika of Sobhana, (Guj. edition) and avacūri on Samavasarana-stava of Dharmaghoşa.
• The Avasyaka Niryukti, and the Vasudevahindi do not refer to the door-keepers.
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