Agni Purana — Chapter 45
AgP 45.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये प्रतिमालक्षणं नाम चतुश् चत्वारिंशोध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {४५} :श् अथ पञ्चचत्वारिंशोध्यायः पिण्डिकालक्षणकथनं भगवानुवाच पिण्डिकालक्षणं वक्ष्ये दैर्घ्येण प्रतिमासमा उच्छ्रायं प्रतिमार्धन्तु चतुःषष्टिपुटां(२) च ताम्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye pratimālakṣaṇaṃ nāma catuś catvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ || chapter {45} :ś atha pañcacatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ piṇḍikālakṣaṇakathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca piṇḍikālakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye dairghyeṇa pratimāsamā ucchrāyaṃ pratimārdhantu catuḥṣaṣṭipuṭāṃ(2) ca tām
Thus (ends) the forty-fourth chapter, called "The Marks of Images," in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa. Chapter 45: the telling of the marks of the pedestal. The Lord said: I shall declare the marks of the pedestal. In length it equals the image, but its height is half the image; and (one should lay) it out in sixty-four squares.
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AgP 45.2
त्यक्त्वा पङ्क्तिद्वयं चाधस्तदूर्ध्वं यत्तु कोष्ठकम् :न् १ सार्धाङ्गुलं तथायाममिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ मणिविद्याधराविति घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ चतुःषष्टिपदामिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १३२ समन्तादुभयोः पार्श्वे अन्तस्थं परिमार्जयेत्
tyaktvā paṅktidvayaṃ cādhastadūrdhvaṃ yattu koṣṭhakam :n 1 sārdhāṅgulaṃ tathāyāmamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 maṇividyādharāviti gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 catuḥṣaṣṭipadāmiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 132 samantādubhayoḥ pārśve antasthaṃ parimārjayet
Leaving aside the two rows below, the compartment that lies above that — on both sides all round one should smooth away what stands within. [Footnotes: 1. reading of MS ṅa: sārdhāṅgulaṃ tathāyāmam; 2. reading of MS gha: maṇividyādharau; 3. reading of MS ṅa: catuḥṣaṣṭipadām; page 132]
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AgP 45.3
ऊर्ध्वं पङ्ग्क्तिद्वयं त्यक्त्वा अधस्ताद् यत्तु कोष्ठकम् अन्तः सम्मार्जयेत् यत्नात् पार्श्वयोरुभयोः समम्
ūrdhvaṃ paṅgktidvayaṃ tyaktvā adhastād yattu koṣṭhakam antaḥ sammārjayet yatnāt pārśvayorubhayoḥ samam
Leaving aside the two rows above, the compartment which is below — one should carefully smooth it out within, equally on both sides.
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AgP 45.4
तयोर्मध्यगतौ तत्र चतुष्कौ मार्जयेत्ततः चतुर्धा भाजयित्वा तु ऊर्ध्वपङ्क्तिद्वयं बुधः
tayormadhyagatau tatra catuṣkau mārjayettataḥ caturdhā bhājayitvā tu ūrdhvapaṅktidvayaṃ budhaḥ
Then he should smooth the two sets of four (squares) that lie in the middle of those two; and the learned man, having divided the upper two rows into four parts,
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AgP 45.5
मेखला भागमात्रा स्यात् खातं तस्यार्धमानतः भागं भागं परित्यज्य पार्श्वयोरुभयोः समं
mekhalā bhāgamātrā syāt khātaṃ tasyārdhamānataḥ bhāgaṃ bhāgaṃ parityajya pārśvayorubhayoḥ samaṃ
the girdle (moulding) should measure one part, and the hollow half that measure. Leaving off one part each on both sides equally,
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AgP 45.6
दत्वा चैकं पदं वाह्ये प्रमाणं कारयेद् बुधः त्रिभागेण च भागस्याग्रे स्यात्तोयविनिर्गमः
datvā caikaṃ padaṃ vāhye pramāṇaṃ kārayed budhaḥ tribhāgeṇa ca bhāgasyāgre syāttoyavinirgamaḥ
and having allowed one pada on the outside, the learned man should fix the measure; and at a third of a part, in front, there should be the outlet for the water.
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AgP 45.7
नानाप्रकारभेदेन भद्रेयं(१) पिण्डिका शुभा अष्टताला तु कर्तव्या देवी लक्ष्मीस्तया स्त्रियः
nānāprakārabhedena bhadreyaṃ(1) piṇḍikā śubhā aṣṭatālā tu kartavyā devī lakṣmīstayā striyaḥ
By distinctions of various kinds this auspicious pedestal is (called) bhadrā. The goddess Lakṣmī is to be made of eight tālas, and by that (measure) women (generally).
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AgP 45.8
भ्रुवौ यवाधिके कार्ये यवहीना तु नासिका गोलकेनाधिकं वक्त्रमूर्ध्वं तिर्यग्विवर्जितं
bhruvau yavādhike kārye yavahīnā tu nāsikā golakenādhikaṃ vaktramūrdhvaṃ tiryagvivarjitaṃ
The two brows are to be made greater by a barley-grain, but the nose less by a barley-grain; the face greater by a golaka above, and free of any slant.
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AgP 45.9
आयते नयने कार्ये त्रिभागोनैर् यवैस्त्रिभिः तदर्धेन तु वैपुल्यं नेत्रयोः परिकल्पयेत्
āyate nayane kārye tribhāgonair yavaistribhiḥ tadardhena tu vaipulyaṃ netrayoḥ parikalpayet
The eyes are to be made elongated, of three barley-grains less a third; and one should reckon the width of the eyes as half of that.
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AgP 45.10
कर्णपाशो ।धिकः कार्यः सृक्कणीसमसूत्रतः नम्रं कलाविहीनन्तु कुर्यादंशद्वयं तथा
karṇapāśo .dhikaḥ kāryaḥ sṛkkaṇīsamasūtrataḥ namraṃ kalāvihīnantu kuryādaṃśadvayaṃ tathā
The ear-lobe is to be made larger, on a line level with the corner of the mouth; and one should likewise make the two shoulders sloping and less by a kalā.
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AgP 45.11
ग्रीवा सार्धकला कार्या तद्विस्तारोपशोभिता नेत्रं विना तु विस्तारौ ऊरू जानू च पिण्डिका
grīvā sārdhakalā kāryā tadvistāropaśobhitā netraṃ vinā tu vistārau ūrū jānū ca piṇḍikā
The neck is to be made one and a half kalās, set off by that (same) breadth; and, excepting the eye('s measure), the breadths of the thighs, the knees and the calf.
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AgP 45.12
अङ्घ्रिपृष्ठौ स्फिचौ कट्यां यथाभागं प्रकल्पयेत् सप्तांशोनास् तथाङ्गुल्यो दीर्घं विष्कम्भनाहतं
aṅghripṛṣṭhau sphicau kaṭyāṃ yathābhāgaṃ prakalpayet saptāṃśonās tathāṅgulyo dīrghaṃ viṣkambhanāhataṃ
For the feet, the back, the buttocks and at the hips he should apportion each according to its share; the fingers are less by a seventh part, their length multiplied by the girth.
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AgP 45.13
नेत्रैकवर्जितायामा जङ्घोरू च तथा कटिः मध्यपार्श्वं च तद्वृत्तं घनं पीनं कुचद्वयं
netraikavarjitāyāmā jaṅghorū ca tathā kaṭiḥ madhyapārśvaṃ ca tadvṛttaṃ ghanaṃ pīnaṃ kucadvayaṃ
The shanks, thighs and likewise the hips have their length less by one netra; the middle and the flanks are rounded, and the two breasts are firm and full.
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AgP 45.15
:न् १ तत्रेयमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १३३ तालमात्रौ स्तनौ कर्यौ कटिः सार्धकलाधिका लक्ष्म शेषं पुरावत्स्यात् दक्षिणे चामुबुजं करे
:n 1 tatreyamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 133 tālamātrau stanau karyau kaṭiḥ sārdhakalādhikā lakṣma śeṣaṃ purāvatsyāt dakṣiṇe cāmubujaṃ kare
[Footnote 1: reading of MS ṅa: tatreyam; page 133] The two breasts are to be made of one tāla; the hips greater by one and a half kalās; the rest of the marks are as before; and in the right hand a lotus.
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AgP 45.16
वामे वित्त्वं स्त्रियौ पार्श्वे शुभे चामरहस्तके दीर्घघोणस्तु गरुडश् चक्राङ्गाद्यानथो वदे
vāme vittvaṃ striyau pārśve śubhe cāmarahastake dīrghaghoṇastu garuḍaś cakrāṅgādyānatho vade
In the left ... ; at her two sides two auspicious women with fly-whisks in their hands. Garuḍa has a long beak. Now I shall tell of the vehicles, beginning with the discus-limbed one.
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