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SADDHARMA-PUNDARÎKA.
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worlds and were sitting on their thrones at the foot of jewel trees, as well as Prabhûtaratna, the Tathâgata, &c, and the whole host of Bodhisattvas headed by Vtsishtakâritra, the innumerable, incalculable Bodhisattvas Mahsâttvas who had issued from the gaps of the earth, the great disciples, the four classes, the world, including gods, men, demons, and Gandharvas, in ecstasy applauded the words of the Lord.