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This rendering of the term by the whole ‘stūpa’ seems unsuitable to the contest: a lamp was provided to light up the ratna-gṛiha which must imply a room or a particular part thereof, and not the whole ‘stūpa.’—(Sanchi stone inscrip. of Chandragupta II, lines 9–10, *C. I. I.*, Vol. Ⅲ, F. G. I., no. 5, pp. 32, 33–34, note 5 on p. 33.)