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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.c47.5233

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v7.c47.5233

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(4) Śilākhareṇa janitā satya-sandhyasya bhautikī । Mūrtiḥ kīrtimayī chāsya kṛitā tenaiva śāśvatī ।। ‘By the stone-chisel a material body of Satyasandha was executed, and by the same an eternal body of his fame was produced.’ ‘The two inscriptions (nos. 33, 34, *H. S. I. I.*, Vol. I.) record that a king Guṇabhara . . . constructed a temple of Śiva on the top of the mountain and placed in it a *liṅga* and a statue of himself.’—(Trisirapalli Cave inscrip., no. 33, v. 4, *H. S. I. I.*, Vol. I, pp. 29, 30.)