Gopalacampu 1.3.10

1.3.10

[4] tatrābhyantaraḥ sabhā-valaya-praveśa-dvāraṃ paritaḥ stambha-paṅkti-sakta-gṛhākāraṃ yat pañcamaṃ loka-sahasrādhāratā-samucitākāraṃ pūrva-dig-gataṃ pūr-dvāraṃ, tasya bahir-antaratayā ghaṭita-sūkṣa-jāla-randhra-jālena kuḍyena dvidhā-vibhakta-dīrghatā-vidhānasya tiryaktayā madhya-sthitena nimna-vartmanā bahira-antar-labdha-kuṭṭima-catuṣṭayasya bahiḥ-kuṭṭima-dvaya-valita-ratna-pīṭha-ghaṭāsu yathāyatham upaviṣṭā mudāviśiṣṭās te vibhrājante sma |

There, the fifth eastern city gate, which had the shape of a pavilion attached to a row of pillars around the entrance to the inner perimeter of the assembly, with a form suitable to accommodate thousands of people—its length being divided into two parts by a wall furnished with a network of fine lattice apertures forming an exterior and an interior, and having four paved platforms obtained outside and inside by a sunken path running transversely through the middle—there they shone, filled with joy, seated as was appropriate upon rows of jeweled seats arranged on the two outer paved platforms.