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འཕགས་པ་སྤྲན་ཆན་པ 3

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Sāgaramegha, Mahāgandhakusuma, and Kumudākara. There were also the nāga kings Ratnanetra, Mahāketudhvaja, Mahāmeghagarbha, Himavat, Śrīgarbha, Meghaśaktika, Rajaniṃdhara, Ambuda, and Great Water-Giver²¹ and the nāga kings Vaiśvānaratejas, Megheśvararāja, Vigatakrodha, Earth Vase,²² Nāgaśūra, Jalaṃdhara, Meghacchatra, Aṅgiramukha, Tejasvin, and Meghasphuṭita.²³ There were also the nāga kings Anantakrama, Suṣeṇa, Mahāśarīra, Vṛkodara, Śāntin, Vīra, Kākanāda,²⁴ Uddhura, Viṣogra, and Sughoṣa. There were also the nāga kings Amṛtasāra, Mahāpravarṣaka, Completely Quaking,²⁵ Saṃghaṭṭaśabda, Dundubhisvara, Amṛtadhāra, Nandika, Garjasphoṭaka, Śūrasena, Nārāyaṇa, and Vaḍabāmukha, and there was the nāga king Deceiver.²⁶

Those and other great nāga kings,²⁷ altogether eighty-four septillions nāgas, gathered, sat down, and stayed there together. At this point, all those nāga kings, together with their retinues, arose from their seats, draped their robes over one shoulder, knelt with their right knees on the ground, joined their palms, and saluted the Bhagavān. Showing great respect and honor to the teacher, they made offerings to the Bhagavān of various, supremely beautiful flowers, incense, perfumes, garlands, ointments, powders, clothes, parasols, victory banners, banners, silk tassels,²⁸ music,²⁹ cymbals,³⁰ small cymbals, songs, jeweled flowers, jeweled tassels,³¹ pearl necklaces,

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