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³⁵ The ‘Gṛhya Sūtras’ refer to the shrines of gods as ‘devagṛha, devakula’, also ‘devāyatana’ (cf. note 23). The ‘Āpastamba Gṛhya Sūtra’, VII. 20 describes the carrying about of images by the house-holder and the placing of them in huts built for them. The ‘Adbhuta Brāhmaṇa’ (Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa, X. 5) speaks of ‘devāyatanam’ which may, but need not mean a temple.