Varaha Purana 150.7: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 7
The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra
आयसीं तां वदन्त्येके अन्ये ताम्रमयीं तया ॥ कांस्यां रीतिमयीमन्ये केचित्सीसकनिर्मिताम् ॥
āyasīṃ tāṃ vadanty eke anye tāmramayīṃ tayā || kāṃsyāṃ rītimayīm anye kecit sīsakanirmitām ||
“کچھ لوگ کہتے ہیں کہ وہ (پرتیما) لوہے کی ہے؛ دوسرے اسے تانبے کی بتاتے ہیں۔ کچھ اسے کانسے کی یا گھنٹی دھات سے ڈھلی ہوئی کہتے ہیں؛ اور بعض اسے سیسے سے بنی ہوئی کہتے ہیں۔”
Varāha
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It preserves variant traditions about the icon’s material, useful for the study of textual transmission, regional memory, and the vocabulary of metals in Sanskrit sources.
The materials are attributed to the image located at the previously named site, Sānandūra.
No explicit ethical command is given; the emphasis is documentary—recording differing reports without privileging one.
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