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SOMA-SŪTRA—A drain, a channel for conveying holy water from a Phallus of Śiva or any other deity of a shrine. 'The drainage channel from the shrine, an ornamental feature of these temples.'—(Chalukyan Architecture, *Arch. Surv.*, New Imp. Series, Vol. XXI, p. 39.) *See also Champa* by Mazumdar, p. 237.