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10-12. The trees (from the timber) of which the gnomon is stated to be made are these: *kṛitamāla* (cassia fistula), the branch of *śamī* (a kind of fire-producing) tree, sandal (sirium myrtifolium), red sandal (caesalpina sappan), *khadira* (acacia catechu), *tinduka* (diosphyros embryopteris), white milk-tree (mimusops kanki), or *śubhadanta* (tooth-tree).