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देवतामूर्ति-प्रकरणम्
277 comprehended even by Brahma and the other deities; and from whom this amazing and wonderful world has originated, and within whom the deities and the demons and the demi-gods and all others merge when the cyclical dissolution of the Universe occurs, prior to a fresh creation. May the Great Mother, venerated by the world, bestow peace everywhere. (126).
Here ends the eighth chapter of the treatise on architecture composed by Sri Kshetra's son, the Sutrabhrin Mandan, in which the statues of the devis (goddesses) and their symbols and so forth have been discussed.
