The Hindu Temple v2.c11.s8.55
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¹⁹² 'Ep. Ind.' XIII, pp. 46, 56; Kanarese inscr. narrating the building of the Mahādeva Temple at Ittagi, A.D. 1112. In many other inscriptions too, the golden Kalaśa is likened to the sun (Khajuraho inscr. of the year 1001-1002, ib., I. p. 144; in a 12th century inscr. from Pithapuram, ib. IV, p. 44. f. etc.). The Kalaśa is made of gold, silver or copper; I.P. IV. ch. XXXIV. 20 f. The word 'finial' in the present context is taken to denote the entire object above the Āmalaka or the cupola (śikhara) of the South Indian temple.