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bed-counterpane made of thick barks hanging by an ivory-peg.' She had placed her rosary of beads in that.
ufafyral: Efag:"2 alludes to the residential abodes abounding in Straight lanes while' बाहुमालिकाः प्रासादा: refers to mansions comprising of many storeys वासदन्तवलभीषु' refers to the ivory chambers meant for an abode. 'मणि fiche Frag: 069 faqoutra" refers to the shrine of Jina made of bejewelled stones.
An image of Mahāvīra Jina made of diamond gem-stones and a sleeping gallery' '4-ERICI (sayanacitraśālā) has been mentioned at a different place.
There is description of the central pavilion (Madhyama-mandapikā) in the centre of which there was a dais meant for the court-business. King Meghavāhana sat on an ivory plank placed on the backside of the dais, that had broad elephant-corniced pedestals joined to it from both the sides, made of moon-stone wood, that had a raised seat of gold and was covered with fine silk cloth white and clean like the ripe old sprouts in the interior of a lily.
“Saudha' is another term employed to mean a palace.
The alligator-shaped water-outlets attached to the roofs of a palace where from the rain water could be carried down in a stream through the pipes, in the reservoirs or refuse-carrying channels, is also referred to as a special feature of Ancient Indian Architecture.
The description of the shrine named Sudarsana also contains important architectural data of the age. Samaraketu entered through the turret-corniced
1. नागदन्तावलम्बितनिविडवत्कलास्तरणायां
भित्तिमूलघटितोत्तानगण्डोपधानपट्टायामचिरप्रमृष्टकुट्टिमशुचौ P ORTRAIT 12HTC TM. vol. III p. 166. 2. Ibid. Vol. III p. 172. 3. Ibid. 4. Ibid. Vol. III p. 174. 5. Ibid. Vol. III p. 181. 6. 3fCHETAHUTCHTHU FTATARİ HErarfurarea fapteli Ibid. Vol. III p. 198. 7. Ibid. Vol. III p. 135. L-2 Sayancitra śālā also Sm. ed. TM NSPE p. 302 L. 15 and
Śayanacitra Śālikā Ibid. p. 327. L. I. 8. गत्वा मध्यमां मण्डपिकां तन्मध्यभागे तत्क्षणोपलिप्तायाः... आस्थानवेदिकायाः पृष्ठभागे प्रतिष्ठापितमुभयतः
संयोजितमृगांकमणिदारनिर्मितोदारमत्तवारणकमनुपृष्ठमाहितोच्चकांचनपीठमीषजरठकुमुदगर्भदलावदातमच्छधवलधौतपट्टा
44420gif di G-774HEZITETI Ibid. vol. II p. 169. 9. Raceface sa te falfa hyea: 1 Ibid. Vol. II p. 279.
