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DĪPA-DĀNA—A lamp-pillar. In the south (of India) it is usually a high monolith, with an iron lamp-bracket on the top. In the north-west of the Presidency of Madras such pillars are sometimes constructed in courses, with lamp-brackets in the joints. These pillars are erected outside the front entrance.