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With regard to shape, Rathas are divided into seven classes, namely, Nabhasvān-bhadraka, Prabhañjana-bhadraka, Nivāta-bhadraka, Pavanabhadraka, Pṛishada-bhadraka, Indraka-bhadraka, and Anila-bhadraka (lines 112–115). The first of these is square, the second hexagonal ; the third should have two bhadras or porticoes (? storeys) and the fourth three porticoes, the fifth and the sixth should have ten porticoes, and the last one should have twelve porticoes (lines 117–120). But according to some, the seven shapes proper are respectively semi-circular, circular, elliptical, rectangular, octagonal, hexagonal, and oval (lines 121–123).