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.c8.177

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SUBHA-DEVA—(A. D. 754)—Of Śāṇḍilya-gotra, sculptor or architect (rūpakāra), “son’s son of the sculptor Śiva-vardhamāna, son of the sculptor Śiva; or rather (bhūyaḥ) the Āchārya Jñāna-śiva, who is the disciple of the disciple’s disciple at the feet of him, the venerable and worshipful Payo-bhakshin, who had the appellation of Śiva-śāsana, (and) who has come here (Paṭṭadakal, a village in the Bījāpur district, Bombay Presidency) from the Mṛigathaṇikā-hāra-vishaya on the north bank of the (river) Gaṅgā—there has been set up in the (?) gateway (dvāra) of his own particular (? style of) shrine, this great stone pillar, which bears the mark of the seal of the trident,” and is octagonal at the upper part and square immediately below. (Paṭṭadakal Inscrip. of Kirtivarman II, lines 15, 16, 17, Ep. Ind. vol. iii. pp. 1, 3, 5, 7).