The Purana Index v2.c7.s6.113

v2.c7.s6.113

Mandapas—three kinds of, superior, middling and inferior, the different varieties are Puspaka, Puspabhadra, Suvata, Amrtananda, Kauśalya, Buddhisamkīrna, Gajabhadrā, Jayāvaha, Śrīvatsa Vijaya, Vāstukīrti, Śrutinjaya, Yajñabhadra, Viśāla, Suslista, Śatrumardana, Bhāgapañca, Nandana, Mānava, Mānabhadraka, Sugrīva Harita, Karnīkāra Śatardhika, Simha, Śyāmabhadra, Subhadra, all totalling 27, these may be triangular, circular, semi-circular, eight cornered, sixteen cornered, etc, generally ten kinds of doorways are furnished avoiding Vedha, fruit and flower trees are to be grown all round, a pool of water must be maintained, on the south a tapovanam, on the north a devi temple, on the north-east a kitchen and on the south-east a Vināyaka shrine and then Yajñaśālā, these constitute a temple, the bell near the gateway M 270 1-36