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¹ According to the *Suprabhedāgama* (XXXIV, 2) "If the image be required to be made of earth, rods (of metal or wood) must be (inserted in them), if of metal, they must first be prepared well in wax." According to the *Kāraṇāgama* (II. V. 41) "If images have to be cast in metal, the wax must first be melted and poured (out of the mould) and all defects removed with cloth". According to the *Vishṇu-saṁhitā* (XIV) "if an image is to be made of metal, it must first be made of wax, and then coated with earth; gold and other metals are purified and cast into (the mould), and a complete image is thus obtained by capable workmen". (For further details, see the Writer's *Indian Architecture*, page 87.) It will be noticed that the rules enunciated in the present text have been generally followed throughout the later works.