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1. ↑Allione, Tsultrim (1986). _Women of Wisdom_. London: Arkana. xxxiii. ISBN1-85063-044-5.{{name might mean 'sublime trees' (Wylie: _Phags.pa Shing.kun_), for the many varieties of trees found on the hill. However, _Shingun_ may be of in Nepal Bhasa name for the complex}}
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed2. 1Swoyambhu (Book), Josephson, S. 1985. Modern Printing Press, Kantipath. Available at:https://pahar.in/pahar/Books%20and%20Articles/Nepal/1985%20Swoyambu%20by%20Josephson%20s.pdf
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗3. ↑Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Kathmandu Valley". _UNESCO World Heritage Centre_. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗4. 1A Buddhist Guide to the Power Places of the Kathmandu Valley. Book. Dowman, K. (2010). Vajra Publications. Available at: https://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/kailash/pdf/kailash_08_0304_03.pdf
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗5. ↑Board, Nepal Tourism. "Swayambhunath | Where Nature, Culture, and Spirituality Converge". _ntb.gov.np_. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗6. 1Shaha, Rishikesh, _Ancient and Medieval Nepal_. (1992), p. 122. Manohar Publications, New Delhi. ISBN81-85425-69-8.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed7. ↑Harati Ajima Temple, retrieved 27 June 2022
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗8. ↑McKeown, Arthur P. (2018). _Guardian of a Dying Flame: Śāriputra (c. 1335–1426) and the End of Late Indian Buddhism_. Harvard University Press. pp.463 pages. ISBN9780674984356.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗9. ↑Lonely Planet Nepal (2005). _Swayambhu_.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed10. ↑"Tsangnyon Heruka". _The Treasury of Lives_. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗11. ↑Gutschow, Niels (1997). _The Nepalese Caitya: 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley_. Edition Axel Menges. p.92. ISBN9783930698752. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗12. ↑Shakya, Hem Raj. (2002) _Sri Svayambhu Mahacaitya_, Kathmandu: Svayambhu Vikash Mandala. ISBN99933-864-0-5
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed13. ↑Utpal Parashar (14 June 2010). "Oldest Buddhist monument gets a makeover in Nepal". _Hindustan Times_. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
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Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗15. ↑Shrestha, Sangam (2015). "Conservation of the cultural heritages of Kathmandu valley". _www.theseus.fi_. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗16. ↑Map of Swoyambhu Stupa, retrieved 27 June 2022
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessedSource / catalogue ↗* _Psycho-cosmic Symbolism of the Buddhist Stūpa_. Lama Anagarika Govinda. (1976) Dharma Books. Berkeley, California. ISBN0-913546-35-6; ISBN0-913546-36-4 (pbk).
Listed by Wikipedia; underlying work not assessed* von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. _Nepalese Stone Sculptures_. Volume One: _Hindu_; Volume Two: _Buddhist_. (Visual Dharma Publications). ISBN978-3-033-06381-5. SD card with 15,000 digital photographs of Nepalese sculptures and other subjects as public domain.
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