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III, 13.
DEFEATS MÂRA.
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and fat-calved; some with long and claw-like nails; 1065
Some were headless, breastless, faceless; some with two feet and many bodies ; some with big faces looking every way; some pale and ashycoloured, 1066
Others colour'd like the bright star rising, others steaming fiery vapour, some with ears like elephants, with humps like mountains, some with naked forms covered with hair, 1067
Some with leather skins for clothing, their faces party-coloured, crimson and white; some with tiger skins as robes, some with snake skins over them, 1068
Some with tinkling bells around their waists, others with twisted screw-like hair, others with hair dishevelled covering the body, some breathsuckers, 1069
Others body-snatchers, some dancing and shrieking awhile, some jumping onwards with their feet together, some striking one another as they went, 1070
Others waving (wheeling round) in the air, others flying and leaping between the trees, others howling, or hooting, or screaming, or whining, with their evil noises shaking the great earth ; 1071
Thus this wicked goblin troop encircled on its four sides the Bodhi tree; some bent on tearing his body to pieces, others on devouring it whole; 1072
From the four sides flames belched forth, and fiery steam ascended up to heaven; tempestuous winds arose on every sidel; the mountain forests shook and quaked; 1073
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