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(106) “These pillars are common to all the styles of Indian architecture. With the Buddhists they were employed to bear inscriptions on their shafts, with emblems or animals on their capitals. With the Jains they were generally Deepadans (Dīpa-stambhas) or lamp bearing pillars; with the Vaishṇavas they as generally bore statues of Garuḍa or Hanūmān (Garuḍa-stambhas); with the Śaivas they were flag-staffs (Dhvaja-stambhas); but whatever their destination they