Agni Purana — Chapter 54
AgP 54.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये लिङ्गलक्षणं नाम त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमोध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {५४} :श् अथ चतुःपञ्चाशत्तमोध्यायः लिङ्गमानादिकथनं भगवानुवाच वक्ष्याम्यन्यप्रकारेण(१) लिङ्गमानादिकं शृणु वक्ष्ये लवणजं लिङ्गं घृतजं बुद्धिवर्धनम्
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye liṅgalakṣaṇaṃ nāma tripañcāśattamodhyāyaḥ || chapter {54} :ś atha catuḥpañcāśattamodhyāyaḥ liṅgamānādikathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca vakṣyāmyanyaprakāreṇa(1) liṅgamānādikaṃ śṛṇu vakṣye lavaṇajaṃ liṅgaṃ ghṛtajaṃ buddhivardhanam
Thus (ends) in the Āgneya, the first great Purāṇa, the fifty-third chapter, called the Characteristics of the Liṅga. || Chapter 54: Now the fifty-fourth chapter, the account of the measurement etc. of the liṅga. The Blessed One said: I shall declare the measurement and the rest of the liṅga in another manner — listen. I shall speak of the liṅga made of salt, and of the one made of ghee, which increases intelligence.
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AgP 54.2
भूतये वस्त्रलिङ्गन्तु लिङ्गन्तात्कालिकं विदुः पक्वापक्वं मृण्मयं स्यादपक्वात् पक्वजं वरं
bhūtaye vastraliṅgantu liṅgantātkālikaṃ viduḥ pakvāpakvaṃ mṛṇmayaṃ syādapakvāt pakvajaṃ varaṃ
A liṅga of cloth (is) for prosperity; (such) a liṅga they know to be for the occasion (only). One of clay may be baked or unbaked; the baked is better than the unbaked.
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AgP 54.3
ततो दारुमयं पुण्यं दारुजात् शैलजं वरं शैलाद्वरं तु मुक्ताजं ततो लौहं सुवर्णजं
tato dārumayaṃ puṇyaṃ dārujāt śailajaṃ varaṃ śailādvaraṃ tu muktājaṃ tato lauhaṃ suvarṇajaṃ
Better than that is the wooden one, which is meritorious; better than the wooden is the one of stone; better than stone is the one made of pearl; then iron, then that made of gold.
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AgP 54.4
राजतं कीर्तितं ताम्रं पैत्तलं भुक्तिमुक्तिदं रङ्गजं (२) रसलिङ्गञ्च भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं वरं
rājataṃ kīrtitaṃ tāmraṃ paittalaṃ bhuktimuktidaṃ raṅgajaṃ (2) rasaliṅgañca bhuktimuktipradaṃ varaṃ
The silver one is praised, (also) copper and brass, which give enjoyment and liberation; and the one made of tin and the mercury-liṅga, bestowing enjoyment and liberation, is best.
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AgP 54.5
रसजं रसलोहादिरत्नगर्भन्तु वर्धयेत् मानादि नेष्टं सिद्धादि स्थापितेथ स्वयम्भुवि
rasajaṃ rasalohādiratnagarbhantu vardhayet mānādi neṣṭaṃ siddhādi sthāpitetha svayambhuvi
The one made of mercury, of mercury and metals and the rest, having gems within — that one should augment. Measurement and the rest is not required for a liṅga established by a siddha or the like, or for a self-manifest one.
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AgP 54.6
वामे च स्वेच्छया तेषां पीठप्रासादकल्पना पूजयेत् सूर्यविम्बस्थं दर्पणे प्रतिविम्बितं
vāme ca svecchayā teṣāṃ pīṭhaprāsādakalpanā pūjayet sūryavimbasthaṃ darpaṇe prativimbitaṃ
And on the left, the design of the pedestal and the temple for them is according to one's wish. One should worship (the god) as abiding in the sun's disc, reflected in a mirror.
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AgP 54.7
पूज्ये हरस्तु सर्वत्र लिङ्गे पूर्णार्चनं भवेत् हस्तोत्तरविधं शैलं(३) दारुजं तद्वदेव हि
pūjye harastu sarvatra liṅge pūrṇārcanaṃ bhavet hastottaravidhaṃ śailaṃ(3) dārujaṃ tadvadeva hi
Hara is to be worshipped everywhere; in a liṅga full worship takes place. The stone (liṅga) is of the measure of a cubit and upward, and the wooden one likewise.
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AgP 54.8
:न् १ प्रवक्ष्ये ऽहं प्रकारेणेति ग। चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ रत्नजमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ हस्ते तु विविधं शैलमिति ग। चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५२ चलमङ्गुलमानेन द्वारगर्भकरैः स्थितम्(१) अङ्गुलाद् गृहलिङ्गं स्याद्यावत् पञ्चशाङ्गुलं
:n 1 pravakṣye 'haṃ prakāreṇeti ga. cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 ratnajamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 haste tu vividhaṃ śailamiti ga. cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 152 calamaṅgulamānena dvāragarbhakaraiḥ sthitam(1) aṅgulād gṛhaliṅgaṃ syādyāvat pañcaśāṅgulaṃ
The movable (liṅga is measured) by the finger-measure, the fixed one by the cubits of the door and the sanctum. The household liṅga may be from one finger up to five fingers.
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AgP 54.9
द्वारमानात् त्रिसङ्ख्याकं नवधा गर्भमानतः नवधा गर्भमानेन लिङ्गन्धाम्नि च पूजयेत्
dvāramānāt trisaṅkhyākaṃ navadhā garbhamānataḥ navadhā garbhamānena liṅgandhāmni ca pūjayet
From the door-measure it is threefold, ninefold from the measure of the sanctum; by the ninefold sanctum-measure one should worship the liṅga in the shrine.
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AgP 54.10
एवं लिङ्गानि षट्त्रिंशत् ज्ञेयानि ज्येष्ठमानतः मध्यमानेन षट्त्रिंशत् षट्त्रिंशदधमेन च
evaṃ liṅgāni ṣaṭtriṃśat jñeyāni jyeṣṭhamānataḥ madhyamānena ṣaṭtriṃśat ṣaṭtriṃśadadhamena ca
Thus thirty-six liṅgas are to be known by the greatest measure, thirty-six by the middle measure, and thirty-six by the lowest.
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AgP 54.11
इत्थमैक्येन लिङ्गानां शतमष्टोत्तरं भवेत् एकाङ्गुलादिपञ्चान्तं कन्यसञ्चलमुच्यते
itthamaikyena liṅgānāṃ śatamaṣṭottaraṃ bhavet ekāṅgulādipañcāntaṃ kanyasañcalamucyate
Thus, taken together, there would be one hundred and eight liṅgas. (One) from one finger up to five is called the smallest movable (liṅga).
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AgP 54.12
षद्वादिदशपर्यन्तञ्चलं लिङ्गञ्च मध्यमं एकादशाङ्गुलादि स्यात् ज्येष्ठं पञ्चदशान्तकम्
ṣadvādidaśaparyantañcalaṃ liṅgañca madhyamaṃ ekādaśāṅgulādi syāt jyeṣṭhaṃ pañcadaśāntakam
A movable liṅga from six up to ten is the middling one; the greatest would be from eleven fingers up to fifteen.
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AgP 54.13
षडङ्गुलं महारत्नै रत्नैर् अन्यैर् नवाङ्गुलम् रविभिर्हेमभारोत्थं लिङ्गं शेषैस्त्रिपञ्चभिः
ṣaḍaṅgulaṃ mahāratnai ratnair anyair navāṅgulam ravibhirhemabhārotthaṃ liṅgaṃ śeṣaistripañcabhiḥ
Six fingers with the great gems, nine fingers with the other gems, twelve for a liṅga arising from a load of gold, (and) with the rest three or five.
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AgP 54.14
षोडशांशे च वेदांशे युगं लुप्त्वोर्ध्वदेशतः द्वात्रिंशत्षोडशांशांश् च(२) कोणयोस्तु विलोपयेत्
ṣoḍaśāṃśe ca vedāṃśe yugaṃ luptvordhvadeśataḥ dvātriṃśatṣoḍaśāṃśāṃś ca(2) koṇayostu vilopayet
Having removed a pair (of parts) at the sixteenth and at the fourth part from the upper region, one should also remove thirty-two sixteenth-parts at the corners.
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AgP 54.15
चतुर्निवेशनात् कण्ठो विंशतिस्त्रियुगैस् तथा(३) पार्श्वाभ्यां तु विलुप्ताभ्यां चललिङ्गं भवेद्वरं(४)
caturniveśanāt kaṇṭho viṃśatistriyugais tathā(3) pārśvābhyāṃ tu viluptābhyāṃ calaliṅgaṃ bhavedvaraṃ(4)
From the four settings (comes) the neck, and (it is) twenty by three pairs; with the two sides removed, the movable liṅga becomes excellent.
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AgP 54.16
धाम्नो युगर्तुनागांशैर् द्वारं हीनादितः क्रमात् लिङ्गद्वारोच्छ्रयादर्वाग् भवेत् पादोनतः क्रमात्
dhāmno yugartunāgāṃśair dvāraṃ hīnāditaḥ kramāt liṅgadvārocchrayādarvāg bhavet pādonataḥ kramāt
The door (is made) with four, six or eight parts of the shrine, in order beginning from the least; below the height of the liṅga-door it becomes less by a quarter, in order.
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AgP 54.17
गर्भार्धेनाधमं लिङ्गं भूतांशैः स्यात् त्रिभिर्वरं तयोर्मध्ये च सूत्राणि सप्त सम्पातयेत् समं
garbhārdhenādhamaṃ liṅgaṃ bhūtāṃśaiḥ syāt tribhirvaraṃ tayormadhye ca sūtrāṇi sapta sampātayet samaṃ
The lowest liṅga is (of the size of) half the sanctum, the best would be of three fifth-parts; and between the two one should let fall seven lines evenly.
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AgP 54.18
:न् १ वनमङ्गुलमानेन द्वारगर्भकरे स्थितमिति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ द्वात्रिंशत्षोडशार्धञ्चेति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकत्रयपाठः ३ विंशतिस्त्रिगुणैस्तथेति घ, चिह्नितपुसुतकपाठः ४ वनलिङ्गं भवेद्वरमिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । चललिङ्गं भवेद् ध्रुवमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५३ एवं स्युर्नव सूत्राणि भूतसूत्रैश् च मध्यमं द्व्यन्तरो वामवामञ्च(१) लिङ्गानां दीर्घता नव
:n 1 vanamaṅgulamānena dvāragarbhakare sthitamiti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 dvātriṃśatṣoḍaśārdhañceti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ 3 viṃśatistriguṇaistatheti gha, cihnitapusutakapāṭhaḥ 4 vanaliṅgaṃ bhavedvaramiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / calaliṅgaṃ bhaved dhruvamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 153 evaṃ syurnava sūtrāṇi bhūtasūtraiś ca madhyamaṃ dvyantaro vāmavāmañca(1) liṅgānāṃ dīrghatā nava
Thus there should be nine lines, and with the elemental (five) lines the middle one; two apart, and left of left; the length of liṅgas is nine (cubits).
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AgP 54.19
हस्ताद्विवर्धते हस्तो यावत्स्युर् नव पाणयः हीनमध्योत्तमं लिङ्गं त्रिविधं त्रिविधात्मकम्
hastādvivardhate hasto yāvatsyur nava pāṇayaḥ hīnamadhyottamaṃ liṅgaṃ trividhaṃ trividhātmakam
From one cubit it increases cubit by cubit, until there are nine cubits; the liṅga is inferior, middling, or superior—threefold, and each of these of three kinds.
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AgP 54.20
एकैकलिङ्गमध्येषु त्रीणि त्रीणि च पादशः लिङ्गानि घटयेद्धीमान् षट्सु चाष्टोत्तरेषु च
ekaikaliṅgamadhyeṣu trīṇi trīṇi ca pādaśaḥ liṅgāni ghaṭayeddhīmān ṣaṭsu cāṣṭottareṣu ca
In the intervals of each single liṅga, three and three by quarters; the wise (craftsman) should fashion liṅgas in six (classes) and in those increased by eight.
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AgP 54.21
स्थिरदीर्घप्रमेयात्तु द्वारगर्भकरात्मिका भागेशञ्चाप्यमीशञ्च देवेज्यन्तुल्यसंज्ञितं
sthiradīrghaprameyāttu dvāragarbhakarātmikā bhāgeśañcāpyamīśañca devejyantulyasaṃjñitaṃ
But from the fixed (image's) length to be measured, (the measure) consisting of the door-womb cubit; and (the measures called) bhāgeśa and apyamīśa, and the one named as equal to devejya.
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AgP 54.22
चत्वारि लिङ्गरूपाणि विष्कम्भेण तु लक्षयेत् दीर्घमायान्वितं कृत्वा लिङ्गं कुर्यात् त्रिरूपकं
catvāri liṅgarūpāṇi viṣkambheṇa tu lakṣayet dīrghamāyānvitaṃ kṛtvā liṅgaṃ kuryāt trirūpakaṃ
He should mark the four forms of the liṅga by their diameter; having made the length furnished with the (proper) measure, he should make the liṅga of three forms.
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AgP 54.23
चतुरष्टाष्टवृत्तञ्च तत्त्वत्रयगुणात्मकं लिङ्गानामीप्सितं दैर्घ्यं तेन कृत्वाङ्गुलानि वै
caturaṣṭāṣṭavṛttañca tattvatrayaguṇātmakaṃ liṅgānāmīpsitaṃ dairghyaṃ tena kṛtvāṅgulāni vai
Four-sided, eight-sided, eight-sided-and-round, having the nature of the three tattvas and the (three) guṇas; the desired length of the liṅgas—having reduced it thereby into aṅgulas,
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AgP 54.24
ध्वजाद्यायैः सुरैर् भूतैः शिखिभिर्वा हरेत् कृतिं तान्यङ्गुलानि यच्छेषं लक्षयेच्च शुभाशुभं
dhvajādyāyaiḥ surair bhūtaiḥ śikhibhirvā haret kṛtiṃ tānyaṅgulāni yaccheṣaṃ lakṣayecca śubhāśubhaṃ
he should divide the product by the gains beginning with 'banner', or by the gods, by the elements, or by the fires; (with respect to) those aṅgulas, whatever remains, he should determine what is auspicious and inauspicious.
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AgP 54.25
ध्वजाद्या ध्वजसिंहेभवृषाः ज्येष्ठाः परे शुभाः स्वरेषु षड्जगान्धारपञ्चमाः शुभदायकाः
dhvajādyā dhvajasiṃhebhavṛṣāḥ jyeṣṭhāḥ pare śubhāḥ svareṣu ṣaḍjagāndhārapañcamāḥ śubhadāyakāḥ
Those beginning with 'banner' are banner, lion, elephant and bull: these are the best; the others are (merely) auspicious. Among the notes, ṣaḍja, gāndhāra and pañcama are givers of good.
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AgP 54.26
भूतेषु च शुभा भूः स्यादग्निष्वाहवनीयकः उक्तायामस्य चार्धांशे नागांशैर् भाजिते क्रमात्
bhūteṣu ca śubhā bhūḥ syādagniṣvāhavanīyakaḥ uktāyāmasya cārdhāṃśe nāgāṃśair bhājite kramāt
And among the elements, earth is auspicious; among the fires, the āhavanīya. And in half a portion of the length stated, when it is divided by the serpent-portions (eight), in order,
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AgP 54.27
रसभूतांशषष्ठांशत्र्यंशाधिकशरैर् भवेत् आढ्यानाढ्यसुरेज्यार्कतुल्यानाञ्चतुरस्रता
rasabhūtāṃśaṣaṣṭhāṃśatryaṃśādhikaśarair bhavet āḍhyānāḍhyasurejyārkatulyānāñcaturasratā
it comes about with (measures) increased by a sixth part of the six elemental portions, by a third part, and by five; the squareness belongs to those equal to āḍhya, anāḍhya, devejya and arka.
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AgP 54.28
पञ्चमं वर्धमानाख्यं व्यासान्नाहप्रवृद्धितः द्विधा भेदा बहून्यत्र वक्ष्यन्ते विश्वकर्मतः
pañcamaṃ vardhamānākhyaṃ vyāsānnāhapravṛddhitaḥ dvidhā bhedā bahūnyatra vakṣyante viśvakarmataḥ
The fifth is named vardhamāna, by increase of girth over diameter; here the divisions are twofold, (and) many will be stated according to Viśvakarman.
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AgP 54.29
आढ्यादीनां त्रिधा स्थौल्याद्यवधूतं तदष्टधा(२) :न् १ अन्तरे वामवामे चेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ स्थौल्याद् यववृद्ध्या तदष्टधा इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५४ त्रिधा हस्ताज्जिनाख्यञ्च युक्तं सर्वसमेन च(१)
āḍhyādīnāṃ tridhā sthaulyādyavadhūtaṃ tadaṣṭadhā(2) :n 1 antare vāmavāme ceti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 sthaulyād yavavṛddhyā tadaṣṭadhā iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 154 tridhā hastājjinākhyañca yuktaṃ sarvasamena ca(1)
Of (the types) beginning with āḍhya there is a threefold (division); from thickness onward that becomes eightfold; threefold from the cubit, and (the type) called jina, joined also with the all-equal (type).
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AgP 54.30
पञ्चविंशतिलिङ्गानि नाद्ये(२) देवार्चिते तथा पञ्चसप्तभिरेकत्वाज्जिनैर् भक्तैर् भवन्ति हि
pañcaviṃśatiliṅgāni nādye(2) devārcite tathā pañcasaptabhirekatvājjinair bhaktair bhavanti hi
Twenty-five liṅgas, likewise in the non-primary (case) when it is worshipped by the gods; for by five, by seven, by oneness, and when divided by the jinas (twenty-four), they come about.
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AgP 54.31
चतुर्दशसहस्राणि चतुर्दशशतानि च एवमष्टाङ्गुलविस्तारो(३) नवैककरगर्भतः
caturdaśasahasrāṇi caturdaśaśatāni ca evamaṣṭāṅgulavistāro(3) navaikakaragarbhataḥ
Fourteen thousand and fourteen hundred; thus the breadth of eight aṅgulas, from a womb(-measure) of nine and one cubits.
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AgP 54.32
तेषां कोणार्धकोणस्थैश्चिन्त्यात् कोणानि(४) सूत्रकैः विस्तारं मध्यमः कृत्वा स्थाप्यं वा मध्यतस्त्रयं
teṣāṃ koṇārdhakoṇasthaiścintyāt koṇāni(4) sūtrakaiḥ vistāraṃ madhyamaḥ kṛtvā sthāpyaṃ vā madhyatastrayaṃ
Of these, by lines placed at the corner and at the half-corner, he should mark off (or: cut) the corners; having made the middle one the breadth, or else three should be set up from the middle.
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AgP 54.33
विभागादूर्ध्वमष्टास्रो(५) द्व्यष्टास्रःस्याच्छिवांशकः पादाज्जान्वन्तको ब्रह्मा नाभ्यन्तो विष्णुरित्यतः
vibhāgādūrdhvamaṣṭāsro(5) dvyaṣṭāsraḥsyācchivāṃśakaḥ pādājjānvantako brahmā nābhyanto viṣṇurityataḥ
Above the division it is eight-sided; sixteen-sided would be Śiva's portion. From the foot up to the knee is Brahmā, up to the navel Viṣṇu—thus.
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AgP 54.34
मूर्ध्वान्तो भूतभागेशो व्यक्ते ऽव्यक्ते च तद्वति पञ्चलिङ्गव्यवस्थायां शिरो वर्तुलमुच्यते
mūrdhvānto bhūtabhāgeśo vyakte 'vyakte ca tadvati pañcaliṅgavyavasthāyāṃ śiro vartulamucyate
Up to the crown is the lord of the elemental portion, both in the manifest and in the unmanifest alike; in the arrangement of the five liṅgas the head is said to be round.
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AgP 54.35
छत्राभं कुक्कुटाभं वा बालेन्दुप्रतिमाकृतिः(६) एकैकस्य चतुर्भेदैः(७) काम्यभेदात् फलं वदे
chatrābhaṃ kukkuṭābhaṃ vā bālendupratimākṛtiḥ(6) ekaikasya caturbhedaiḥ(7) kāmyabhedāt phalaṃ vade
Or it looks like an umbrella, or like a cock, or has the shape of the young moon; with four varieties of each one, I shall state the fruit according to the difference of what is desired.
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AgP 54.36
लिङ्गमस्तकविस्तारं वसुभक्तन्तु कारयेत् आद्यभागं चतुर्धा तु(८) विस्तारोच्छ्रायतो भजेत्
liṅgamastakavistāraṃ vasubhaktantu kārayet ādyabhāgaṃ caturdhā tu(8) vistārocchrāyato bhajet
He should have the breadth of the liṅga's head made divided into eight; the first portion he should divide into four, according to breadth and height.
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AgP 54.37
चत्वारि तत्र सूत्राणि(९) भागभागानुपातनात् :न् १ पूजयेत् सर्वमेव चेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ नाढ्ये देवार्चित इति ख, ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ एवमष्टाङ्गुअलविन्यास इति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ छिन्द्यात् कोणानीति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः । छिन्द्यात् कोषाणि इति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ द्विभागादूर्धवमष्टास्र इति ख, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ६ बालेन्दुत्रपुषाकृतिरिति ख, ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ७ चतुर्भागैर् इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ८ अन्त्यभागमिति ग, घ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ९ चत्वारि तत्र छत्राणि इति ग, घ, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकचतुष्ट्यपाठः :प् १५५ पुण्डरीकन्तु भागेन विशालाख्यं विलोपनात्
catvāri tatra sūtrāṇi(9) bhāgabhāgānupātanāt :n 1 pūjayet sarvameva ceti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 nāḍhye devārcita iti kha, ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 evamaṣṭāṅgualavinyāsa iti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 chindyāt koṇānīti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / chindyāt koṣāṇi iti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 dvibhāgādūrdhavamaṣṭāsra iti kha, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 6 bālendutrapuṣākṛtiriti kha, ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 7 caturbhāgair iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 8 antyabhāgamiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 9 catvāri tatra chatrāṇi iti ga, gha, ṅa, cihnitapustakacatuṣṭyapāṭhaḥ :p 155 puṇḍarīkantu bhāgena viśālākhyaṃ vilopanāt
Four lines there, by proportioning portion to portion; the puṇḍarīka (type) by one portion, and the one called viśāla by omission (of a portion).
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AgP 54.38
त्रिशातनात्तु श्रीवत्सं शत्रुकृद्वेदलोपनात् शिरः सर्वसमे श्रेष्ठं कुक्कुटाभं सुराह्वये(१)
triśātanāttu śrīvatsaṃ śatrukṛdvedalopanāt śiraḥ sarvasame śreṣṭhaṃ kukkuṭābhaṃ surāhvaye(1)
By cutting away three (parts one obtains) the śrīvatsa shape; by removing four, (a shape) that harms enemies. On an (edge) equal on all sides the head is best; in the one named after the gods (sura) it has the look of a cock's (egg).
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AgP 54.39
चतुर्भागात्मके लिङ्गेत्रपुषं द्वयलोपनात् अनाद्यस्य शिरः प्रोक्तमर्धचन्द्रं शिरः शृणु
caturbhāgātmake liṅgetrapuṣaṃ dvayalopanāt anādyasya śiraḥ proktamardhacandraṃ śiraḥ śṛṇu
On a liṅga consisting of four parts, (the head is) cucumber-shaped when two (parts) are removed; the head of the beginningless one is declared (thus). Now hear about the half-moon head.
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AgP 54.40
अंशात् प्रान्ते युगांशैश् च त्वेकाहान्यामृताक्षकं(२) पूर्णबालेन्दुकुमुदं द्वित्रिवेदक्षयात् क्रमात्
aṃśāt prānte yugāṃśaiś ca tvekāhānyāmṛtākṣakaṃ(2) pūrṇabālendukumudaṃ dvitrivedakṣayāt kramāt
From a part, and at the end by four parts, by the loss of one (part) it is the nectar-eyed(?) form; (the shapes are) full-moon, crescent-moon and white-lotus, in order, by the reduction of two, three and four (parts).
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AgP 54.41
चतुस्त्रिरेकवदनं मुखलिङ्गमतः शृणु पूजाभागं प्रकर्तव्यं मूर्त्यग्निपदकल्पितं(३)
catustrirekavadanaṃ mukhaliṅgamataḥ śṛṇu pūjābhāgaṃ prakartavyaṃ mūrtyagnipadakalpitaṃ(3)
A face-liṅga has four, three, or one face — hear about it now. The worship-portion is to be made, laid out with the body-part and the fire-part (of the plan).
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AgP 54.42
अर्कांशं पूर्ववत् त्यक्त्वा षट् स्थानानि विवर्तयत् शिरोन्नतिः प्रकर्तव्या ललाटं नासिका ततः
arkāṃśaṃ pūrvavat tyaktvā ṣaṭ sthānāni vivartayat śironnatiḥ prakartavyā lalāṭaṃ nāsikā tataḥ
Leaving aside a twelfth part as before, one should mark out six places; the elevation of the head is to be made, then the forehead, then the nose.
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AgP 54.43
वदनं चिवुकं ग्रीवा युगभागैर् भुजाक्षिभिः कराभ्यां मुकुलीकृत्य(४) प्रतिमायाः प्रमाणतः
vadanaṃ civukaṃ grīvā yugabhāgair bhujākṣibhiḥ karābhyāṃ mukulīkṛtya(4) pratimāyāḥ pramāṇataḥ
The face, the chin and the neck (are made) with four parts each, with the arms and the eyes; having made (the hands) into a bud-shape with the two hands, in accordance with the measure of the image.
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AgP 54.44
मुखं प्रति समः कार्यो विस्तारादष्टमांशतः चतुर्मुखं मया प्रोक्तं त्रिमुखञ्चोच्यते शृणु
mukhaṃ prati samaḥ kāryo vistārādaṣṭamāṃśataḥ caturmukhaṃ mayā proktaṃ trimukhañcocyate śṛṇu
It should be made even in relation to (each) face, by an eighth part of the breadth. The four-faced (liṅga) has been declared by me; now the three-faced is spoken of — listen.
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AgP 54.45
कर्णपादाधिकास्तस्य ललाटादीनि निर्दिशेत् भुजौ चतुर्भिर्भागैस्तु कर्तव्यौ पश्चिमोर्जितं
karṇapādādhikāstasya lalāṭādīni nirdiśet bhujau caturbhirbhāgaistu kartavyau paścimorjitaṃ
Its ears extend beyond the sides(?); one should lay down the forehead and the rest. The two arms are to be made with four parts, the western (side) being made prominent.
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AgP 54.46
विस्तरादष्टमांशेन मुखानां प्रतिनिर्गमः एकवक्त्रं तथा कार्यं पूर्वस्यां सौम्यलोचनं
vistarādaṣṭamāṃśena mukhānāṃ pratinirgamaḥ ekavaktraṃ tathā kāryaṃ pūrvasyāṃ saumyalocanaṃ
The projection of each of the faces is by an eighth part of the breadth. The one-faced (liṅga) likewise is to be made, facing east, with gentle eyes.
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AgP 54.47
ललाटनासिकावक्त्रग्रीवायाञ्च विवर्तयेत् :न् १ कुक्कुटाण्डं सुधाद्वये इति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ द्वैकहान्या सुताह्वयमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ ऋत्वग्निपदकल्पितमिति ख, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः, मुखभागं प्रकर्तव्यं मूलाग्निपदकल्पितमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ कर्णाभ्यां कुण्डलीकृत्वेति ग, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५६ भुजाच्च पञ्चमांशेन(१) भुजहीनं विवर्तयेत्
lalāṭanāsikāvaktragrīvāyāñca vivartayet :n 1 kukkuṭāṇḍaṃ sudhādvaye iti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 dvaikahānyā sutāhvayamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 ṛtvagnipadakalpitamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ, mukhabhāgaṃ prakartavyaṃ mūlāgnipadakalpitamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 karṇābhyāṃ kuṇḍalīkṛtveti ga, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 156 bhujācca pañcamāṃśena(1) bhujahīnaṃ vivartayet
And one should shape the forehead, nose, face and neck. [Notes: 1 'kukkuṭāṇḍaṃ sudhādvaye' is the reading of manuscript kha; 2 'dvaikahānyā sutāhvayam' is the reading of kha; 3 'ṛtvagnipadakalpitam' is the reading of kha, and 'mukhabhāgaṃ prakartavyaṃ mūlāgnipadakalpitam' is the reading of ṅa; 4 'karṇābhyāṃ kuṇḍalīkṛtvā' is the reading of ga. Page 157.] And by a fifth part of the arm one should shape the (liṅga) that lacks arms.
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AgP 54.48
विस्तारस्य षडंशेन मुखैर् निर्गमनं हितं सर्वेषां मुखलिङ्गानां त्रपुषं वाथ कुक्कुटं
vistārasya ṣaḍaṃśena mukhair nirgamanaṃ hitaṃ sarveṣāṃ mukhaliṅgānāṃ trapuṣaṃ vātha kukkuṭaṃ
The projection by the faces is proper at a sixth part of the breadth. For all face-liṅgas (the top is) cucumber-shaped, or else like a cock's (egg).
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