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CHAPTER FIVE Susthita, recalled by you? Tell me, what can I do for you?” Kệşņa said to the god: “ The city Dvārakā here, which belonged to former Śārngins in the past, 186 was covered with water by you. Reveal its site for my place of residence.” The god did so, went to Indra, and announced it to him. At Sakra's command Vaiśravaņa made a city of jewels, twelve yojanas long and nine yojanas wide. He made a wall twenty-seven feet high, thirteen and a half feet in the ground, and eighteen feet wide, with a moat. Palaces with such names as round, square, long, mountain-peak, svastika, sarvatobhadra, mandara, earring, powder-flask were built by the lac, one-storied, twostoried, three-storied, et cetera. Divine shrines of the Jinas were made of various jewels and gems by the thousand at junctures of three and four roads. In the front part of it in the southeast part of the city was the golden palace of Samudravijaya, named Svastika, provided with a wall. Near it were the palaces of Aksobhya and Stimita in succession, named Nandyāvarta and Girikuța, which had walls. In the southwest was the lofty palace of Sāgara, called Așțänsa, and then the palaces, named Vardhamāna, of the fifth and sixth (Daśārhas). In the northwest was Dharana's palace, Puşkarapatra, and then Pūraņa's, Alokadarśana. Near them was Abhicandra's, named Vimukta. In the northeast was Vasudeva's, named Kuberacchanda. The lofty palace of King Ugrasena was named Strivihārakşama from its nearness to the king's highway. All were surrounded by wishing-trees; all had elephant-stables, horse-stables, walls, large gates, and rows of banners.
Inside these Baladeva's palace, named Pșthivijaya, was made, four-cornered, with large gates. Vāsudeva's palace was eighteen stories high, named Sarvatobhadra, surrounded by various houses. In front of Rāma's and Krşņa's houses was the council-hall, named Sarvaprabhāsā, resembling Sudharmā,187
186 397. See in Vol. III the biographies of the first four Väsudevas, all of whom lived in Dvārakā. There is no account, however, of the construction or destruction of the first city.
187 413. The council-hall in Saudharma.
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