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BIMBAMĀNA—(Mss. British Museum, nos. I. 559, 5291, foll. 33, 7 lines to a page; II. 558, 5292, foll. 27, 9 lines to a page; written in Simhalese character, has a Simhalese commentary)—This is a treatise on religious sculpture, stated to be extracted from a Gautamīya ascribed to Sāriputra. The last colophon runs thus—Iti Gautamīye Sāri-putra-śrute Bimba-mānam samāptam. The commentator explains this Bimbamāna-vidhi as the Sarvajña-pratimā-pramāṇa-vidhi.