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gate made of emerald gem having its lower part occupied by a series of rundles made of moon-stone; and saw an image made of Cintāmaņi gem, huge in form of Primeval Jina Lord Rşabha (Deva), having his supremacy over the triad of worlds manifested by the triad of parasols white like the lunar orb, surrounded by groups of images of gods adorned on the sides by the nymphs of fine and varied forms and mounted on various vehicles and aerial cars, refulgent with a halo of lustre of extremely luscious form, having its right as well as the left sides adorned by Indra bearing fly-whisks white and pendulous unto the shoulders, the backs of both the shoulders occupied by the creeper like curls, the creepers of leafy designs as it were, formed out of the black-aloe paint, clinging fast thereon the middle portion of legs sprouted with the hand-twain, raised aloft in posture, assuming a lotus posture on the huge lion-seat glamorous with a lion attended by two) antelopes, adorned by the clusters of stellars; adorning the interior region of the central chamber having bells resounding tied with-chains of gold hanging by a cloth-noose of the screen canvas screening a part of the body of the deity, hanging by one side of the charming wall decorated by the white chowries sticking to the ivory-pegs, having its door-side accompanied by the idols of Yaksas and devatās stationed inside them.' A bath-room (Snānamandapikā)- has also been mentioned. A rampart made of marble surrounded by the shrine of Jina. Sayanacitraśālikā was a sleeping gallery.* Dārubhavanam' - a wooden House actually a House Boat capable of swimming as well as flying. A sanctuary made of bejewelled stones consisting of three storeys had its middle portion comparatively nice. The uppermost storey of the sanctuary had a ruby-chamber decked with moon
1. ततश्चन्द्रकान्तसोपानपरम्पराक्रान्ततलभागेन.. वरीयसा मरकतमणिगोपुरेणोपविश्य... प्रतिष्ठितयक्षदेवता
प्रतियातनासनाथद्वारभागस्य नागदन्तावसक्तधवलचामरार्चिताचारुभित्तेरेकपाविलम्बमानसंकोचितदेवाङ्गजवनिकापटस्य जयन्तिकावलम्बिजाम्बूनदशृङ्खलाकलितवाचालवज्रघण्टस्य गर्भवेश्मनो गर्भभागमलङ्कर्वाणां, ग्रहचक्रालंकृते मृगाभाजि सिंहोद्भासिते.. सिंहासने निबद्भपद्मासनाम्, उपर्युपरि विरचितोत्तानकरयुगलकिसलयिताकं मध्याम् आभङ्गिनीभिः कृष्णागुरुपंकलिखिताभिरिव पत्रभङ्गलताभिः केशवल्लरीभिरध्यासितोभयांशपीठाम्.. अंसीवलम्बिधवलचामरसुरेन्द्रसेवितसव्यापसव्यपा.,.... भास्वतेव प्रभामण्डलेनोद्भासिताम्.... इन्दुमण्डलसितातपत्रत्रयीप्रकाशितत्रिभुवनैश्वर्याम्, अशेषतश्च विविधविमानवाहनाधिरुरत्युदाराकृतिभिरप्सरा.....
aff : uffany... Familifornelli 149847 ITM. Vol. III pp 97-99. 2. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 300. 3. mifeaftr a fta ichi Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 310. 4. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 327. 5. Ibid. Sm. ed. p. 337.
