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Altars (pīṭha), 294, 301, 350, 643; situation of, 304; construction of, 304; (Brahma-pīṭha), 431; in villages and palaces, 431; in the Brahmā (central) plot of palaces, 431; named after gems, 541; as component part of phalli 535, 540; features of, 535-541, 542; comparative dimensions of, 535; installation on river bank, etc., of, 536; white, red, yellow and black colours, 536; types and epithets of, 536; fifty-one independent varieties of, 536; of all phalli, details of, 544-547; measures of, 544-545; mouldings of, 545-546; types of, 546-547; for image of bull, 593, 594; measure, 601; (vedi) inside pavilion, 642.