Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.3197

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(11) 'In the island of Jambu trees (Jambu-dvīpa), in the Bharata-kshetra, near the holy mountain (Śrīdhara), protected by the wise Chandragupta, an abode of the good usages of eminent Kshatriyas, filled with a population worthy of gifts (dakshiṇā-pātra), a place of unbroken wealth, was the district (vishaya) named Nāga-khaṇḍa of good fortune, possessed of all comforts, and from being ever free from destruction (laya) of the wise, called Nilaya (an asylum). There, adorned with gardens of various fruit trees (named), shines the village named Kuppaṭūr, protected by Gopeśa. There like the forehead-ornament to the wife, in the territory of king Harihara, was a Jina Chaityālaya which had received a śāsana from the Kadambas.'—(*Ep. Carnat.*, Vol. VIII, Part I, Sorab Taluq, no. 263 ; Roman Text, p. 86 ; Transl., p. 43.)