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BI(VI)RA-GALA (also BĪRAGAL or BĪRAKAL, *see* VĪRA-ŚĀSANA)—Monuments set up in memory of a hero at first, and this honour is next extended to any one who dies after having done some good work; lastly, it implies a simple memorial monument, resembling perhaps the pagoda-shaped maṭhas, constructed by the relatives and admirers of the departed; a monumental stone erected in memory of a warrior.