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The Structural Temples of Gujarat Padmasimha, Bhūjaya, Vimānabhdra and Srivatsa belong to the group of 27 maṇḍapas prescribed by the early works like M. P.; V. K. P. etc., which with slight changes in the nomenclatures and details survived to the later works like Sm. Su.42 and APPR.43
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Further, the Santa variety discerned in the pre-Caulukyan temples and the Suryatmaka variety figuring in some Caulukyan temples are not found treated in the early works as well as the canonical works except APPR, which describes the Santa veriety under the Mervadi group and the Sūryātmaka variety under the Trikamaṇḍapa group.
This sort of arrangement is illustrated by the pre-Caulukyan temples as well as by the Caulukyan temples when the shrines are enclosed by pradakṣiṇāpatha. The nave of the maṇḍapa forms a catuski (coki) such as at Kadvar, Pata, Khimesvar, Srinagar, Modhera, Girnar, Abu etc.
42. Sm. Su. LXVII. 43. APPR CLXXXVI.
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