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    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 33.
    aṣṭa-vidh-ārcana, aṣṭa-vidh-ārcanā (EI 19), same as aṣṭāṅga-

    bhakti-krama, the eight forms of worship.

    (IA 14; SITI), explained as ‘worship with eight

    materials, e. g., jala (water), gandha (scent), puṣpa (flower),

    akṣatā (grains), dhūpa (incense), dīpa (lamps), naivedya (food)

    and tāmbula (betel)’.