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Śilādhivāsana(ḥ)-karmma yathāvidhi saṁpādya tasminn-eva śake bhādra-kṛishṇa-navamyāṁ śukle śilā-praveśaṁ vidhāya . . .
‘The worship of the stones for the building.’ Dr. Bühler and Bhagvanlal Indraji.
This interpretation of Śilādhivāsana does not seem to be appropriate. The term may refer to some processes or ceremonies similar to those in connexion with Śilā-saṁgraha or collecting and selecting stones for buildings.—(Inscrip. from Nepal, no. 23 ; Inscrip. of Queen Lalita-tri-pura-sundarī, line 14, *Ind. Ant.*, Vol. IX, pp. 193, 194, c. 2.)