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(7) ‘ An image (pratimā) may be very lofty and yet have no beauty, or it may be lofty and of real beauty, but have no dignity ; but height, true beauty and exceeding dignity being all united in him, how highly is he worthy of worship in the world, Gommaṭeśvara, the very form of Jina himself. Should Maya address himself to drawing a likeness, ‘the chief of Nākāloka (Indra) to look on it or the Lord of Serpents (Ādiśesha) to priase it, it is unequal ; this being so, who else are able to draw the likeness, to look fully upon or praise the unequalled form of the southern Kukkuṭeśa with its wondrous beauty.’—(*Ep. Carnat.*, Vol. II, Vindhyagiri inscrip., no. 85 ; Transl., p. 154, line 13 f. ; Roman Text, p. 67 f.)