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thirty-two dancers. The flat surface of the circular slab displays a full-blown lotus flower, with two rows of petals, one with twelve petals and the other with twenty-four. Each of these petals is occupied by a dancer. It is a delicate work, exquisitely created.
A group of dancers and musicians is depicted on a ceiling in the west portico of the rangamanqapa of the Lunavasähi temple. The ceiling is domical of the sabhamandāraka order. The inner face of the square frame placed over the architraves depicts figures of dancers and musicians. The ceiling is composed of three courses and a circular padmašilā.
Campaka flowers are carved on a samatala ceiling in the west portico of the rangamandapa of the Lunavasāhi temple. The flowers are arranged in six rows of seventeen flowers each. The spaces between the flowers are occupied by concave-sided diamonds.
There are forty-eight devakulikås on all sides of the temple except the east. They are screened by two arcades of pillars, forming thus two bays in front of each devakulika.
In front of one of the devakulikās, the square samatala ceiling is divided into nine compartments. The cardinal compartments are relieved with images of lalitāsana vidyādevis, two with four arms and two with six arms. The other compartments depict fullblown lotus flowers with two rows of petals. The corners are filled with kirttimukhas.
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