Agni Purana — Chapter 44
AgP 44.1
:ए इत्य् आदि महापुराणे आग्नेये शान्त्यादिवर्णनं नाम त्रिचत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {४४} :श् अथ चतुश् चत्वारिंशो ऽध्यायः वासुदेवादिप्रतिमालक्षणविधिः भगवानुवाच वासुदेवादिप्रतिमालक्षणं प्रवदामि ते प्रासादस्योत्तरे पूर्वमुखीं वा चोत्तराननां
:e ity ādi mahāpurāṇe āgneye śāntyādivarṇanaṃ nāma tricatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {44} :ś atha catuś catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ vāsudevādipratimālakṣaṇavidhiḥ bhagavānuvāca vāsudevādipratimālakṣaṇaṃ pravadāmi te prāsādasyottare pūrvamukhīṃ vā cottarānanāṃ
[Thus ends the forty-third chapter, called the description of the pacification rites and the rest, in the great Purāṇa of Agni. Chapter 44. Now the forty-fourth chapter: the rules for the characteristics of images of Vāsudeva and the others.] The Lord said: I shall declare to you the characteristics of images of Vāsudeva and the others. To the north of the temple, (the stone should be set) facing east or else facing north.
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AgP 44.2
संस्थाप्य पूज्य च बलिं दत्वाथो मध्यसूचकं शिलां शिल्पी तु नवधा विभज्य नवमे ऽंशके
saṃsthāpya pūjya ca baliṃ datvātho madhyasūcakaṃ śilāṃ śilpī tu navadhā vibhajya navame 'ṃśake
Having set it up and worshipped it and given the offering, then (he should mark) the line indicating the middle; and the artisan, dividing the stone ninefold, in the ninth part...
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AgP 44.3
सूर्पभक्तैः शिलायां तु भागं स्वाङ्गुलमुच्यते द्व्यङ्गुलं गोलकं नाम्ना कालनेत्रं तदुच्यते
sūrpabhaktaiḥ śilāyāṃ tu bhāgaṃ svāṅgulamucyate dvyaṅgulaṃ golakaṃ nāmnā kālanetraṃ taducyate
...by the winnowing-basket divisions on the stone, a portion is called one's own finger-breadth (svāṅgula); two finger-breadths is (the measure) named golaka, and that is called kālanetra.
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AgP 44.4
भागमेकं त्रिधा भक्त्वा पार्ष्णिभागं प्रकल्पयेत् भागमेकं तथा जानौ ग्रीवायां भागमेव च
bhāgamekaṃ tridhā bhaktvā pārṣṇibhāgaṃ prakalpayet bhāgamekaṃ tathā jānau grīvāyāṃ bhāgameva ca
Dividing one portion threefold, he should lay out the heel-portion; likewise one portion at the knee, and one portion at the neck.
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AgP 44.5
मुकुटं तालमात्रं स्यात्तालमात्रं तया मुखं तालेनैकेन कण्ठन्तु तालेन हृदयं तथा
mukuṭaṃ tālamātraṃ syāttālamātraṃ tayā mukhaṃ tālenaikena kaṇṭhantu tālena hṛdayaṃ tathā
The crown should be just one tāla, and by that (measure) the face one tāla; the throat by one tāla, and likewise the chest by one tāla.
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AgP 44.6
नाभिमेढ्रान्तरन्तालं द्वितालावूरुकौ तथा तालद्वयेन जङ्घा स्यात् सूत्राणि शृणु साम्प्रतं
nābhimeḍhrāntarantālaṃ dvitālāvūrukau tathā tāladvayena jaṅghā syāt sūtrāṇi śṛṇu sāmprataṃ
The space between the navel and the genitals is one tāla; the two thighs are two tālas; the lower leg should be two tālas. Now hear about the (measuring) lines.
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AgP 44.7
कार्यं सूत्रद्वयं पादे जङ्घामध्ये तथापरं जानौ सूत्रद्वयं कार्यमूरूमध्ये तथापरं
kāryaṃ sūtradvayaṃ pāde jaṅghāmadhye tathāparaṃ jānau sūtradvayaṃ kāryamūrūmadhye tathāparaṃ
Two lines should be made at the foot, and another in the middle of the lower leg; two lines should be made at the knee, and another in the middle of the thigh.
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AgP 44.8
मेढ्रे तथापरं कार्यं कट्यां सूत्रन्तथापरं मेखलाबन्धसिद्ध्यर्थं नाभ्यां चैवापरन्तथा
meḍhre tathāparaṃ kāryaṃ kaṭyāṃ sūtrantathāparaṃ mekhalābandhasiddhyarthaṃ nābhyāṃ caivāparantathā
Another should likewise be made at the genitals, and another line at the hip; and likewise another at the navel, for the purpose of fixing the girdle-band.
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AgP 44.9
:प् १२८ हृदये च तथा कार्यं कण्ठे सूत्रद्वयं तथा ललाते चापरं कार्यं मस्तके च तथापरं
:p 128 hṛdaye ca tathā kāryaṃ kaṇṭhe sūtradvayaṃ tathā lalāte cāparaṃ kāryaṃ mastake ca tathāparaṃ
And likewise one should be made at the heart, and two lines at the throat; another should be made at the forehead, and likewise another at the head.
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AgP 44.10
मुकुटोपरि कर्तव्यं सूत्रमेकं विचक्षणैः सूत्राण्यूर्ध्वं प्रदेयानि सप्तैव कमलोद्भव(१)
mukuṭopari kartavyaṃ sūtramekaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ sūtrāṇyūrdhvaṃ pradeyāni saptaiva kamalodbhava(1)
One line should be made above the crown by the skilled; seven lines in all are to be laid down upward, O lotus-born (Brahmā).
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AgP 44.11
कक्षात्रिकान्तरेणैव घट् सूत्राणि प्रदापयेत् मध्यसूत्रं तु सन्त्यज्य सूत्राण्येव निवेदयेत्
kakṣātrikāntareṇaiva ghaṭ sūtrāṇi pradāpayet madhyasūtraṃ tu santyajya sūtrāṇyeva nivedayet
Six lines should be laid down within the space between the armpit and the trika (junction of the shoulder-blades); but omitting the middle line, one should lay down (only) the (remaining) lines.
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AgP 44.12
ललाटं नासिकावक्त्रं कर्तव्यञ्चतुरङ्गुलं ग्रीवाकर्णौ तु कर्तव्यौ आयामाच्चतुरङ्गुलौ
lalāṭaṃ nāsikāvaktraṃ kartavyañcaturaṅgulaṃ grīvākarṇau tu kartavyau āyāmāccaturaṅgulau
The forehead, the nose and the mouth should each be made four fingers; the neck and the ears should be made four fingers in length.
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AgP 44.13
द्व्यङ्गुले हनुके कार्ये विस्ताराच्चिबुकन्तथा अष्टाङ्गुलं ललाटन्तु विस्तारेण प्रकीर्तितम्
dvyaṅgule hanuke kārye vistārāccibukantathā aṣṭāṅgulaṃ lalāṭantu vistāreṇa prakīrtitam
The jaws should be made two fingers, and likewise the chin in breadth; the forehead is declared to be eight fingers in breadth.
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AgP 44.14
परेण द्व्यङ्गुलौ शङ्खौ कर्तव्यावलकान्वितौ चतुरङ्गुलमाख्यातमन्तरं कर्णनेत्रयोः
pareṇa dvyaṅgulau śaṅkhau kartavyāvalakānvitau caturaṅgulamākhyātamantaraṃ karṇanetrayoḥ
Beyond (that) the two temples should be made two fingers, furnished with curls of hair; the space between ear and eye is said to be four fingers.
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AgP 44.15
द्व्यङ्गुलौ पृथुकौ कर्णौ कर्णापाङ्गार्धपञ्चमे भ्रूसमेन तु सूत्रेण कर्णश्रोत्रं प्रकीर्तितम्
dvyaṅgulau pṛthukau karṇau karṇāpāṅgārdhapañcame bhrūsamena tu sūtreṇa karṇaśrotraṃ prakīrtitam
The ears are two fingers broad, at four and a half (fingers) from the outer corner of the eye to the ear; the ear-orifice is declared to be on a line level with the eyebrows.
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AgP 44.16
विद्धं षडङ्गुलं कर्णमविद्धञ्चतुरङ्गुलम् चिवुकेन समं विद्धमविद्धं वा षडङ्गुलम्
viddhaṃ ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ karṇamaviddhañcaturaṅgulam civukena samaṃ viddhamaviddhaṃ vā ṣaḍaṅgulam
A pierced ear is six fingers, an unpierced one four fingers; pierced or unpierced, it is six fingers, level with the chin.
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AgP 44.17
गन्धपात्रं तथावर्तं शष्कुलीं कल्पयेत्तथा द्व्यङ्गुलेनाधरः कार्यस्तस्यार्धेनोत्तराधरः
gandhapātraṃ tathāvartaṃ śaṣkulīṃ kalpayettathā dvyaṅgulenādharaḥ kāryastasyārdhenottarādharaḥ
So too one should fashion the (ear's) gandhapātra, the whorl, and the śaṣkulī (concha); the lower lip should be made two fingers, and the upper lip half of that.
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AgP 44.18
अर्धाङ्गुलं तथा नेत्रं(२) वक्त्रन्तु चतुरङ्गुलम् आयामेन तु वैपुल्यात् सार्धमङ्गुलमुच्यते
ardhāṅgulaṃ tathā netraṃ(2) vaktrantu caturaṅgulam āyāmena tu vaipulyāt sārdhamaṅgulamucyate
The eye is half a finger, and the mouth four fingers in length; in breadth it is said to be one and a half fingers.
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AgP 44.19
अव्यात्तमेवं स्याद्वक्त्रं व्यात्तं त्र्यङ्गुलमिष्यते नासावंशसमुच्छ्रायं मूले त्वेकाङ्गुलं मतम्
avyāttamevaṃ syādvaktraṃ vyāttaṃ tryaṅgulamiṣyate nāsāvaṃśasamucchrāyaṃ mūle tvekāṅgulaṃ matam
Thus the mouth should be when unopened; when opened it is held to be three fingers. The height of the ridge of the nose is reckoned as one finger at the root.
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AgP 44.20
उच्छ्राया द्व्यङ्गुलं चाग्रे करवीरोपमाः स्मृताः :न् १ मुकुटोपरि इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ तथा गोजी इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १२९ अन्तरं चक्षुषोः कार्यं चतुरङ्गुलमानतः
ucchrāyā dvyaṅgulaṃ cāgre karavīropamāḥ smṛtāḥ :n 1 mukuṭopari iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 tathā gojī iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 129 antaraṃ cakṣuṣoḥ kāryaṃ caturaṅgulamānataḥ
The height at the tip is two fingers, and (the nostrils) are said to resemble oleander (buds). The space between the two eyes should be made of the measure of four fingers.
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AgP 44.21
द्व्यङ्गुलं चाक्षिकोणं च द्व्यङ्गुलं चान्तरं तयोः तारा नेत्रत्रिभागेण दृक्तारा पञ्चमांशिका
dvyaṅgulaṃ cākṣikoṇaṃ ca dvyaṅgulaṃ cāntaraṃ tayoḥ tārā netratribhāgeṇa dṛktārā pañcamāṃśikā
The corner of the eye is two fingers, and the space between the two (corners) two fingers; the pupil is a third part of the eye, and the sight-point within the pupil a fifth part.
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AgP 44.22
त्र्यङ्गुलं नेत्रविस्तारं द्रोणी चार्धाङ्गुला मता तत्समाणा भ्रुवोर्लेखा भ्रुवौ चैव समे मते
tryaṅgulaṃ netravistāraṃ droṇī cārdhāṅgulā matā tatsamāṇā bhruvorlekhā bhruvau caiva same mate
The breadth of the eye is three fingers, and the socket is held to be half a finger; the line of the eyebrows is equal to that, and the two eyebrows are held to be equal (to each other).
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AgP 44.23
भ्रूमध्यं द्व्यङ्गुलं कार्यं भ्रूदैर्घ्यं चतुराङ्गुलम्(१) षट्त्रिंशदङ्गुलायामम्मस्तकस्य तु वेष्टनम्
bhrūmadhyaṃ dvyaṅgulaṃ kāryaṃ bhrūdairghyaṃ caturāṅgulam(1) ṣaṭtriṃśadaṅgulāyāmammastakasya tu veṣṭanam
The space between the eyebrows should be made two fingers, the length of an eyebrow four fingers; the circumference of the head is thirty-six fingers in extent.
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AgP 44.24
मूर्तीनां केशवादीनां द्वात्रिंशद्वेष्टनं भवेत् पञ्चनेत्रा त्वधोग्रीवा विस्ताराद्वेष्टनं पुनः
mūrtīnāṃ keśavādīnāṃ dvātriṃśadveṣṭanaṃ bhavet pañcanetrā tvadhogrīvā vistārādveṣṭanaṃ punaḥ
For the images of Keśava and the rest the circumference should be thirty-two. The neck below is five eyes (in measure); the circumference again (is reckoned) from the breadth.
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AgP 44.25
त्रिगुणन्तु भवेदूर्ध्वं विस्तृताष्टाङ्गुलं पुनः ग्रीवात्रिगुणमायामं ग्रीवावक्षोन्तरं भवेत्
triguṇantu bhavedūrdhvaṃ vistṛtāṣṭāṅgulaṃ punaḥ grīvātriguṇamāyāmaṃ grīvāvakṣontaraṃ bhavet
Above it should be threefold, and again eight fingers broad; the space between neck and chest should be three times the neck in length.
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AgP 44.26
स्कन्धावष्टाङ्गुलौ कार्यौ त्रिकलावंशकौ शुभौ सप्तनेत्रौ स्मृतौ बाहू प्रबाहू षोडशाङ्गुलौ
skandhāvaṣṭāṅgulau kāryau trikalāvaṃśakau śubhau saptanetrau smṛtau bāhū prabāhū ṣoḍaśāṅgulau
The two shoulders are to be made eight fingers, and the shoulder-pieces auspiciously three kalās; the arms are said to be of seven netras (units), the forearms sixteen fingers.
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AgP 44.27
त्रिकलौ विस्तृतौ बाहू प्रबाहू चापि तत्समौ बाहुदण्डोर्ध्वतो ज्ञेयः परिणाहः कला नव
trikalau vistṛtau bāhū prabāhū cāpi tatsamau bāhudaṇḍordhvato jñeyaḥ pariṇāhaḥ kalā nava
The arms are three kalās in breadth, and the forearms likewise the same; above the upper arm the girth should be known as nine kalās.
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AgP 44.28
सप्तदशाङ्गुलो मध्ये कूर्पारोर्धे च षोडश कूर्पारस्य भवेन्नाहः त्रिगुणः कमलोद्भव
saptadaśāṅgulo madhye kūrpārordhe ca ṣoḍaśa kūrpārasya bhavennāhaḥ triguṇaḥ kamalodbhava
Seventeen fingers in the middle, and sixteen at the upper half of the elbow; the girth of the elbow, O lotus-born (Brahmā), should be threefold.
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AgP 44.29
नाहः प्रबाहुमध्ये तु षोडशाङ्गुल उच्यते अग्रहस्ते परीणाहो द्वादशाङ्गुल उच्यते
nāhaḥ prabāhumadhye tu ṣoḍaśāṅgula ucyate agrahaste parīṇāho dvādaśāṅgula ucyate
But in the middle of the forearm the girth is said to be sixteen fingers; at the end of the hand the girth is said to be twelve fingers.
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AgP 44.30
विस्तरेण करतलं कीर्तितं तु षडङ्गुलम् दैर्घ्यं सप्ताङ्गुलं कार्यं मध्या पज्चाङ्गुला मता
vistareṇa karatalaṃ kīrtitaṃ tu ṣaḍaṅgulam dairghyaṃ saptāṅgulaṃ kāryaṃ madhyā pajcāṅgulā matā
The palm is declared to be six fingers in breadth; its length should be made seven fingers, and the middle finger is held to be five fingers.
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AgP 44.31
तर्जन्यनामिका चैव तस्मादर्धाङ्गुलं विना कनिष्ठाङ्गुष्ठकौ कार्यौ चतुरङ्गुलसम्मितौ
tarjanyanāmikā caiva tasmādardhāṅgulaṃ vinā kaniṣṭhāṅguṣṭhakau kāryau caturaṅgulasammitau
The index finger and the ring finger (are to be made) less than that by half a finger; the little finger and the thumb are to be made measuring four fingers.
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AgP 44.32
:न् १ भ्रूदैर्घ्याच्चतुरङ्गुला इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १३० द्विपर्वोङ्गुष्ठकः कार्यः शेषागुल्यस्त्रिपर्विकाः सर्वासां पर्वणोर्धेन नखमानं विधीयते
:n 1 bhrūdairghyāccaturaṅgulā iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 130 dviparvoṅguṣṭhakaḥ kāryaḥ śeṣāgulyastriparvikāḥ sarvāsāṃ parvaṇordhena nakhamānaṃ vidhīyate
The thumb should be made with two joints, the remaining fingers with three joints; for all of them the measure of the nail is prescribed as half a joint.
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AgP 44.33
वक्षसो यत् प्रमाणन्तु जठरं तत्प्रमाणतः अङ्गुलैकं भवेन्नाभी वेधेन च प्रमाणतः
vakṣaso yat pramāṇantu jaṭharaṃ tatpramāṇataḥ aṅgulaikaṃ bhavennābhī vedhena ca pramāṇataḥ
Whatever the measure of the chest, the belly is of that same measure; the navel should be one finger, also by measure in depth.
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AgP 44.34
ततो मेढ्रान्तरं कार्यं तालमात्रं प्रमाणतः नाभिमध्ये प्रीणाहो द्विचत्वारिंशदङ्गुलैः
tato meḍhrāntaraṃ kāryaṃ tālamātraṃ pramāṇataḥ nābhimadhye prīṇāho dvicatvāriṃśadaṅgulaiḥ
From there the interval to the penis should be made of the measure of one tāla; at the middle of the navel the girth is forty-two fingers.
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AgP 44.35
अन्तरं स्तनयोः कार्यं तालमात्रं प्रमाणतः चिवुकौ(१) यवमानौ तु मण्डलं द्विपदं भवेत्
antaraṃ stanayoḥ kāryaṃ tālamātraṃ pramāṇataḥ civukau(1) yavamānau tu maṇḍalaṃ dvipadaṃ bhavet
The interval between the two breasts should be made of the measure of one tāla; the nipples are of the measure of a barley-grain, and their circle should be two padas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 44.36
चतुःषष्ट्यङ्गुलं कार्यं वेष्टनं वक्षसःस्फुटम् चतुर्मुखञ्च तदधोवेष्टनं परिकीर्तितम्
catuḥṣaṣṭyaṅgulaṃ kāryaṃ veṣṭanaṃ vakṣasaḥsphuṭam caturmukhañca tadadhoveṣṭanaṃ parikīrtitam
The girth of the chest should clearly be made sixty-four fingers, and below that the girth is declared to be four mukhas.
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AgP 44.37
परिणाहस् तथा कट्या चतुःपञ्चाशदङ्गुलैः विस्तारश्चोरुमूले तु प्रोच्यते द्वादशङ्गुलः
pariṇāhas tathā kaṭyā catuḥpañcāśadaṅgulaiḥ vistāraścorumūle tu procyate dvādaśaṅgulaḥ
Likewise the girth of the hips is fifty-four fingers; and the breadth at the root of the thigh is said to be twelve fingers.
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AgP 44.38
तस्मादभ्यधिकं मध्ये ततो निम्नतरं क्रमात् विस्तृताष्टाङ्गुलं जानुत्रिगुणा परिणाहतः
tasmādabhyadhikaṃ madhye tato nimnataraṃ kramāt vistṛtāṣṭāṅgulaṃ jānutriguṇā pariṇāhataḥ
Greater than that in the middle, and thence gradually more slender; the knee is eight fingers in breadth and threefold in girth.
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AgP 44.39
जङ्घामध्ये तु विस्तारः सप्ताङ्गुल उदाहृतः त्रिगुणा परिधिश्चास्य जङ्घाग्रं पञ्चविस्तरात्
jaṅghāmadhye tu vistāraḥ saptāṅgula udāhṛtaḥ triguṇā paridhiścāsya jaṅghāgraṃ pañcavistarāt
In the middle of the shank the breadth is stated to be seven fingers, and its circumference three times (that); the top of the shank is of five in breadth.
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AgP 44.40
त्रिगुणा परिधिश्चास्य पादौ तालप्रमाणकौ आयामादुत्थितौ पादौ चतुरङ्गुलमेव च
triguṇā paridhiścāsya pādau tālapramāṇakau āyāmādutthitau pādau caturaṅgulameva ca
Its circumference is threefold; the feet are of the measure of a tāla; in height the feet rise just four fingers.
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AgP 44.41
गुल्फात् पूर्वं तु कर्तव्यं प्रमाणाच्चतुरङ्गुलम् त्रिकलं विस्तृतौ पादौ त्र्यङ्गुलो गुह्यकः स्मृतः
gulphāt pūrvaṃ tu kartavyaṃ pramāṇāccaturaṅgulam trikalaṃ vistṛtau pādau tryaṅgulo guhyakaḥ smṛtaḥ
In front of the ankle four fingers should be made by measure; the feet are three kalās in breadth, and the hollow (of the foot) is held to be three fingers.
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AgP 44.42
पञ्चाङ्गुलस्तु नाहोस्य दीर्घा तद्वत् प्रदेशिनी अष्टमाष्टांशतोन्यूनः शेषाङ्गुल्यः क्रमेण तु
pañcāṅgulastu nāhosya dīrghā tadvat pradeśinī aṣṭamāṣṭāṃśatonyūnaḥ śeṣāṅgulyaḥ krameṇa tu
Its girth is five fingers; the index toe is long in like measure; and the remaining toes are each less by an eighth part in order.
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AgP 44.43
सपादाङ्गुलमुत्सेधमङ्गुष्टस्य प्रकीर्तितं यवोनमङ्गुलं कार्यमङ्गुष्ठस्य नखं तथा
sapādāṅgulamutsedhamaṅguṣṭasya prakīrtitaṃ yavonamaṅgulaṃ kāryamaṅguṣṭhasya nakhaṃ tathā
The height of the great toe is declared to be one and a quarter fingers; and the nail of the great toe should be made one finger less a barley-grain.
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AgP 44.44
:न् १ चूचुकौ इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १३१ अर्धाङ्गुलं तथान्यासां(१) क्रमान् न्यूनं तु कारयेत् अङ्गुलौ वृषणौ कार्यौ मेढ्रं तु चतुरङ्गुलम्
:n 1 cūcukau iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 131 ardhāṅgulaṃ tathānyāsāṃ(1) kramān nyūnaṃ tu kārayet aṅgulau vṛṣaṇau kāryau meḍhraṃ tu caturaṅgulam
And of the others (the nails) half a finger; one should make them successively smaller; the testicles should be made two fingers, and the penis four fingers.
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AgP 44.45
परिणाहोत्र कोषाग्रं कर्तव्यञ्चतुरङ्गुलम् षडङ्गुलपरीणाहौ वृषणौ परिकीर्तितौ
pariṇāhotra koṣāgraṃ kartavyañcaturaṅgulam ṣaḍaṅgulaparīṇāhau vṛṣaṇau parikīrtitau
Here the girth of the tip of the sheath (glans) should be made four fingers; the testicles are declared to have a girth of six fingers.
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AgP 44.46
प्रतिमा भूषणाढ्या स्यादेतदुद्देशलक्षणम् अनयैव दिशा कार्यं लोके दृष्ट्वा तु लक्षणम्
pratimā bhūṣaṇāḍhyā syādetaduddeśalakṣaṇam anayaiva diśā kāryaṃ loke dṛṣṭvā tu lakṣaṇam
The image should be rich in ornaments; this is the description in outline. In just this manner it is to be made, having observed the characteristic marks (as they are) in the world.
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AgP 44.47
दक्षिणे तु करे चक्रमधस्तात् पद्ममेव च वामे शङ्खं गदाधस्ताद्वासुदेवस्य लक्षणात्
dakṣiṇe tu kare cakramadhastāt padmameva ca vāme śaṅkhaṃ gadādhastādvāsudevasya lakṣaṇāt
In the right hand the discus, and beneath it the lotus; in the left the conch, and beneath (it) the mace — according to the mark of Vāsudeva.
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AgP 44.48
श्रीपुष्टौ वापि कर्तव्ये पद्मवीणाकरान्विते ऊरुमात्रोच्छितायामे मालाविद्याधरौ(२) तथा
śrīpuṣṭau vāpi kartavye padmavīṇākarānvite ūrumātrocchitāyāme mālāvidyādharau(2) tathā
Or else Śrī and Puṣṭi are to be made, holding a lotus and a vīṇā in their hands, of a height and length only up to the thigh (of the image); and likewise two garland-bearing Vidyādharas.
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AgP 44.49
प्रभामण्डलसंस्थौ तौ प्रभा हस्त्यादिभूषणा पद्माभं पादपीठन्तु प्रतिमास्वेवमाचरेत्
prabhāmaṇḍalasaṃsthau tau prabhā hastyādibhūṣaṇā padmābhaṃ pādapīṭhantu pratimāsvevamācaret
Those two stand within the circle of the halo; the halo is ornamented with elephants and the like; the footstool should be lotus-shaped — thus one should proceed in the case of images.
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