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(20) ‘The Vimāna (of the temple of Parameśvara at Gudimallam) has the so-called gaja-prishṭhākṛiti shape (i.e., like the back of an elephant, *see* plate *c-b*, facing page 104, Ind. Ant., Vol. XL); but a close study of the plan and sections, given in the accompanying plate (referred to above), warrant the conclusion that the architect had distinctly in view the shape of the liṅga (phallus of Śiva); and hence the vimāna might better be styled a liṅgākṛiti-vimāna.’