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ŚIVA-PĀLA—A mason, one of whose ancestor is a Sūtradhāra (carpenter, named Deuka) but another of the same family is Sthapati (architect, named Nāga). (From this it would appear that both Sūtradhāra and Sthapati belong to the same caste and that these are professional titles and not caste-names.) *Cf.* Āsīchcha Nāga-sthapates tu Durggaḥ । Durggārakkato Deuka-sūtra-dhāraḥ । Asyāpi sūnuḥ Śiva-pāla-nāmā । Yenotkṛiteyaṁ suśubhā praśastiḥ । (Vasantgadh Inscrip. of Purnapala, v. 34, *Ep. Ind.*, Vol. ix, p. 15.)