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this and paying homage to him, the Laukāntikas went to heaven.
: Initiation (274=290) The Master gave gifts for a year, the money being supplied by the Jşmbhakas. The Lord of the World settled the kingdom on his son Cakrāyudha, who resembled himself, wishing to acquire the sovereignty of self-control, himself. The ceremony of the Lord's initiation, as for his coronation as cakrin, was held by the gods, the Indras, et cetera, and by kings, Cakrāyudha, et cetera. The Lord of the World got into the palanquin, named 'Saryarthā, provided with a lion-throne. Men carried it first. Then gods carried it on the east side, asuras on the south, Sauparņeyas on the west, and Nāgas on the north.
The Lord, the son of Acirā, went to Sahasrāmrayaņa, which dyed red the sky with trumpet-flowers 357 like twilight-clouds; adorned with sirīşas 868 horripilated, as it were, from union with the Sri of the hot season; filled with jasmines like drops of perspiration; marked with the golden pods of the screw-pine, like bows of Smara; distinguished by dhătakis 859 with rows of buzzing bees excited by fresh buds, like singers of the Lakşmi of the hot season; laughing, as it were, at the infirm Sri of Madhu 880 with date-palms with a wealth of blossomis resembling the breasts of the Śrī of the forest; made twofold by the unbroken rows of the tails of parrots excited by the fruit of the bean; charming with a wealth of petals of the swallow-wort; with townspeople engaged in the pleasure of water-sports in the tank.
Then the Lord of the World descended from the palanquin and discarded his jewels, ornaments, wreaths, et cetera, as well as the kingdom. In the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the dark half of Jyestha, (the moon)
867 279. Pāšala, the Bignonia suaveolens, whose flowers are red. 868 279. The Mimosa sirissa. It flowers in April and May. 860 281. The Grislea tomentosa, 300 282. Spring. It is now summer.
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