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RAJAPRAŚNIYA SUTRA of pearls, and gems, and gold, and jewels, and loutses... and those garlands had golden pendants...etc. In various parts of that beautiful lotus-altar, there were numerous pairs of the figures of horses,...upto.. pairs of bulls (or bears ),... all made of gems, bright..upto... beautiful...upto rows, lines, pairs, and creepers. “O Revered Sir! why is the Padmavaravedika called by that particular name"? "O Gautama ! there, on that beautiful lotus-altar, on the various altars, or on their wings, or on their plants, or in between the two altars, or on the pillars or their sides, or on their tops, or in between the rows of pillars on the screws; on the sides or their wings, on the edges of the wings, etc... there are numerous lotuses like the Utpalas, Padmas, Kumudas, Nalinas, Subhagas, Saugandhikas, Pundarikas, Mahāpundarīkas, Satapatras, and Sahasrapatras, all made of gems, bright, and beautiful, and of the size of umbrellas used in the rainy season, O Long-lived Monk ! And it is for this reason, O Gautama ! that the place is called Padmavarayedikā. "Sir, is that Padmavarayedika eternal ?" "O Gautama ! may be it is eternal as well as non-eternal.” “O Revered Sir! why do you say that it may be eternal as well as non-eternal"? "O Gautama! considered from the point of view of the substance, it is eternal; but considered from the point of the various modifications, as colour, smell, taste and touch, it is non-eternal. And it is for that reason, O Gautama! that it is said to be both eternal as well as non-eternal.” “O Revered Sir ! what is the duration of this beautiful Lotusaltar"? "O Gautama ! It was never non-existent (in the, past); it is never non-existent (now); and it shall never he non-existent (in the future ); it did exist (in
