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CHAPTER VII.
Now, Máyádeví, having entered the park and descandad from er obariot, sauntered about in the company of hüblin' and peavenly damsels. Rambling from tree to tree, strolling from brie parterre to another, now looking at this tree, then at another, she came near the wavcd-lenved tig treo (Ficus infectoria, Plaksha.") It was the noblest of many noble trues, with welldisposed branches, beariug fine leaves and blossoms, covered with exquisite Bowers, rodolent of aroma, having clothes of various colours suspended from it, resplendent in the lustro of numerous jewols, having its root, trunk, branches and leaves set with all kinds of jewely, having well-disposal and far extending branches, standing on ground even as the palm of the hand, covorod with verdant groen rivalling in colour the throat of the peacock, and soft to the touch like the dowu on the pod of the Abrus prcca. torius. Abuut it dwell the mothers of former Jings, and around it resounded the music of Doras. It was auspicious, stainless, and pure. By the calm spirit of hundreds of thousands of S'uddbávásakáyika Devaputras, it was bent. It was bepraised by the bent beds of those who lore matted hair as their crown, (2. c., laormits). This Plaksla tres did the lady approach.
Now, that Plaksha trec, feeling the glory of the Budhisattva, lowered its head and slutcil her. Now, Máyádeví, extending lier rigbt hand, resplendent as the lightning on the uky, belu branch of the Plaksba true, and, looking playfully towards the sky, stood there yawning. At that time sixty bundreds of thousands of Apsarases, along with Kámávachula Duvas, engaged. themselves in her service.
Thus did the Bodhisato remain thriving in the wonil of his mother. And when ton full monthwliad passed, forth froin the right side of his mother,1% he issued, with full memory, knowing: everything, and uudefiled by any uterino dirt, such as usually attaches to atbors. . At this time, Bhikshus, there were present before him. Bakri tire lord of the Devas, and Brahma, lord of the carth, and they pienia podtfully and intelligently and in full mregnovy received the Bødkiendtva instar cover of a beautikal, pisos of all eller
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| SR No. | 011126 |
| Book Title | Lalit Vistara |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Rajendralala Mitra |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 292 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 18 MB |