Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.s24.1

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BHAKTA—A devotee, a faithful worshipper, a class of sages. Description of their images (M. chap. LIX, named Bhakta): The devotees are divided into four classes, namely Sālokya, Sāmīpya, Sārūpya, and Sāyujya (lines 3-4). The Sālokyas are those who specialize in devotion, knowledge and renunciation (vairāgya) (5). The Sāmīpyas specialize in knowledge and renunciation (6). The Sārūpyas are distinguished as those who are devoted to the meditation of God (7). And the Sāyujyas are those who have acquired the true knowledge (of God) and are aware of the final beatitude (paramārtha) (8). The limbs of the Sālokya class of great men are measured in the largest type of the nava-tāla system (9). The Sāmīpyas are measured in the smallest type of the daśa-tāla system (10).