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The Vāstu-vidhyā (ed. Śāstri) has a chapter (xvi) named Mṛit-loshṭa-lakshaṇa (description of the lump of earth). In it loshṭa is directed to be built on the stūpi (top, dome) (v. 27, 37). At the top of a building the kalaśa (water-jar, finial) is generally built. It is variously named in this last chapter of the work: loshṭāni (v. 28-30, 32), nīvra-loshṭāni (v. 34), krūra-loshṭāni (v. 35), koṇa-loshṭāni, puṭa-loshṭāni, ūrdhva-loshṭāni (v. 36), and svarṇādi-loshṭa (v. 39).