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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
§ 61. ] Nirayâyaliyảo.
45 61. Then both the kings got prepared the battle-field and began to fight (to win the victory ). First king Kaniya arranged his thirty three thousand elephants (and so forth, down to ) thirty three crores of footsoldiers in the shape of an eagle, and having done so, he entered the Rahamusala battle with his army thus arranged in the shape of an eagle. Then that king Chedaya. arranged his fifty seven thousand elephants. ( and so forth, down to ) fifty seven crores of: foot-soldiers in the shape of a cart and en. tered the Rahamuşala battle with his army thus arranged in the shape of a cart. Then the armies of both the kings, with their loins girt up (and so forth, down to) taking weapons and missiles in their hands, attacked each other-the horse-riders attacking the horse-riders, the elephant-riders attacking the elephant-riders, the chariot-riders attacking the chariot-riders and the infantry attacking the infantry--with their shields. tied to their hands, with their swords unsheathed, with their quivers on their shoulders, with their bows strung, with their arrows. drawn up, with their hands moving to and fro, with the small bells on the thighs (or girdles ) raised up, with trumpets having
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