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LOHA—(see under Ābhāsa)—Iron, used both as an architectural and sculptural material. One of the metals of which idols are made :
(1) Mṛiṇmayaṁ yadi kuryāch chech chhūlaṁ tatra prakalpayet । Lohajaṁ tv-aviśesheṇa madhūchchhishṭena nirmitam ॥ (Suprabhedāgama, xxxiv. 21).
(2) Evaṁ dvi-tryaṅgulaṁ vāpi lohajaiḥ pratimodayam । (M. xii. 119). Lohajair mṛit-sudhā chaiva . . . . . । Uttamaṁ lohajaṁ bimbaṁ pīṭhābhāsaṁ tu chottamam । (M. li. 6, 19). See further illustrations under Ābhāsa.
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- Mānasāra — Sanskrit
- Suprabhedāgama — Sanskrit