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.c47.3909

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(10) ‘In the highly celebrated Somanātha-pura he made a great temple setting up therein according to all the directions of the Āgama the various incarnations of Vishṇu,—and shone with the fame he had acquired, Somachamupati, the Gāyi-govaḷa. Under the profound name of Prasanna-chenna he set Keśava on the right-hand side, and the source of world’s pleasure, his form Gopāla, the lord who fills the mind with joy, Janārdha,—these three forms, united among themselves, were the chief in the Vishṇu temple in that pura. A cause of all manner of festivity were all the various forms around the enclosure, as they were all exhibited in different ways: the Matsya and others, all the ten incarnations, Keśava and others, Saṅkarshaṇa and others, twelve in name, Nārāyaṇa and others to the number of thirty-four, including eighteen, Kṛishṇa and others; Gaṇapa, Bhairava, Bhāskara, Vishvaksena, Durggi, and such gods numbering seventy-three adorned the Vishṇu temple in the middle of pura. And in the south-east of the pura Soma-daṇḍādhipa set up Bijjaleśvara, Perggaḍeśvara, Revaleśvara, and Bayiraleśvara, with Somanātha Śiva-liṅga in the middle, . . . And he set up Bhava named Nṛisiṁheśvara, Yoga-Nārāyaṇa and Lakshmī-Nṛisiṁha in the middle of the Kāverī at Somanāthapura.—(*Ep. Carnat.*, Vol. XI, Dāvanagere Taluq, no. 36; Transl., p. 46, para. 3, line 7 f.; Roman Text, pp. 76, 77).