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‘ The word “ Māna-stambha ”, which means literally “ a column of honour ”, is explained by Mr. Rice (Inscrip. at Śrāvaṇa-Belgola, Introduction, p. 19, note 2) as denoting technically “ the elegant tall pillars, with a small pinnacled maṇṭapa at the top, erected in front of the Jain temples ” and he refers us to a discussion regarding them in Fergusson’s *Indian and Eastern Architecture*, p. 276.’ Dr. Fleet (see below).