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⁴ Rhys Davids, page 83–84. References to a large number of *topes* will be found in the writer’s *Encyclopaedia* under *Stūpa*. Buddhaghosha’s enumeration of the parts of a palace also shows the popularity of the subject of architecture in Buddhist literature. ‘Ayam phasso nāma yathā pāsādam patvā thambho nāma, sesadabhasambhārānam balavapaccayo tulā saṁghāṭā bhitti pādakuṭagopānasipakkhapāsamukhavatṭyo thambhe baddhā thambhe patiṭṭhitā evam eva sahajātasampayuttadhammānam balavapaccayo hoti.’ (*Atthasālini*, para. 286, p. 107, ed. Müller).