Agni Purana — Chapter 55
AgP 55.1
:ए इत्य् आदिमहापुराणे आग्नेये व्यक्ताव्यक्तलक्षणं नाम चतुःपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {५५} :श् अथ पञ्चपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः पिण्डिकालक्षणकथनं भगवानुवाच अतः परंप्रवक्ष्यामि प्रतिमानान्तु पिण्डिकाम् दैर्घ्येण प्रतिमातुल्या तदर्धेन तु विस्तृता
:e ity ādimahāpurāṇe āgneye vyaktāvyaktalakṣaṇaṃ nāma catuḥpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {55} :ś atha pañcapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ piṇḍikālakṣaṇakathanaṃ bhagavānuvāca ataḥ paraṃpravakṣyāmi pratimānāntu piṇḍikām dairghyeṇa pratimātulyā tadardhena tu vistṛtā
[Thus in the Āgneya Ādi-mahāpurāṇa the fifty-fourth chapter, called the characteristics of the manifest and the unmanifest. Chapter 55. Now the fifty-fifth chapter: the telling of the characteristics of the pedestal.] The Blessed One said: Next I shall declare the pedestal of images. In length it equals the image, and in breadth it is half of that.
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AgP 55.2
उच्छ्रितायामतोर्धेन सुविस्तारार्धभागतः तृतीयेन तु वा तुल्यं(२) तत्त्रिभागेण मेखला
ucchritāyāmatordhena suvistārārdhabhāgataḥ tṛtīyena tu vā tulyaṃ(2) tattribhāgeṇa mekhalā
In height (it should be) half of the length, (or) by half a part of the full breadth, or equal to a third; the girdle (mekhalā) is a third part of that.
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AgP 55.3
खातं च तत्प्रमाणं तु किञ्चिदुत्तरतो नतम् विस्तारस्य चतुर्थेन प्रणालस्य विनिर्गमः
khātaṃ ca tatpramāṇaṃ tu kiñciduttarato natam vistārasya caturthena praṇālasya vinirgamaḥ
The hollow too is of that measure, sloping somewhat toward the north. The outlet of the spout is by a fourth part of the breadth.
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AgP 55.4
समूलस्य विस्तारमग्रे कुर्यात्तदर्धतः विस्तारस्य तृतीयेन तोयमार्गन्तु कारयेत्
samūlasya vistāramagre kuryāttadardhataḥ vistārasya tṛtīyena toyamārgantu kārayet
One should make the breadth (of the spout) at its base, and half of that at its tip; and one should make the water-channel a third of the breadth.
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AgP 55.5
पिण्डिकार्धेन वा तुल्यं(३) दैर्घ्यमीशस्य(४) कीर्तितम् ईशं वा(५) तुल्यदीर्घञ्च ज्ञात्वा सूत्रं प्रकल्पयेत्
piṇḍikārdhena vā tulyaṃ(3) dairghyamīśasya(4) kīrtitam īśaṃ vā(5) tulyadīrghañca jñātvā sūtraṃ prakalpayet
Or the length of the lord (i.e. the liṅga) is said to be equal to half the pedestal; knowing the lord to be of equal length, one should lay out the measuring-cord.
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AgP 55.6
:न् १ भुजार्धपञ्चमांशेनेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः २ त्रिभागेन तु बाहुल्यमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ३ पिण्डिकार्धेन बाहुल्यमिति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ४ दैर्घ्यं कुशस्येति ग, ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः ५ कुशम्बाहुल्यदीर्घञ्चेति ङ, चिह्नितपुस्तकपाठः :प् १५७ उच्छ्रायं पूर्ववत् कुर्याद्भागषोडशसङ्ख्यया अधः षट्कं द्विभागन्तु कण्ठं कुर्यात्त्रिभागकम्
:n 1 bhujārdhapañcamāṃśeneti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 2 tribhāgena tu bāhulyamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 3 piṇḍikārdhena bāhulyamiti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 4 dairghyaṃ kuśasyeti ga, ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ 5 kuśambāhulyadīrghañceti ṅa, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ :p 157 ucchrāyaṃ pūrvavat kuryādbhāgaṣoḍaśasaṅkhyayā adhaḥ ṣaṭkaṃ dvibhāgantu kaṇṭhaṃ kuryāttribhāgakam
[Notes: 1 'bhujārdhapañcamāṃśena' is the reading of ṅa; 2 'tribhāgena tu bāhulyam' is the reading of ṅa; 3 'piṇḍikārdhena bāhulyam' is the reading of ṅa; 4 'dairghyaṃ kuśasya' is the reading of ga and ṅa; 5 'kuśambāhulyadīrghañca' is the reading of ṅa. Page 157.] One should make the height as before, by a count of sixteen parts; below, six parts, and one should make the neck of two parts — (or) of three parts.
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AgP 55.7
शेषास्त्वेकैकशः कार्याः प्रतिष्ठानिर्गमास् तथा पट्टिका पिण्डिका चेयं सामान्यप्रतिमासु च
śeṣāstvekaikaśaḥ kāryāḥ pratiṣṭhānirgamās tathā paṭṭikā piṇḍikā ceyaṃ sāmānyapratimāsu ca
The remaining (mouldings) are to be made one part each, and likewise the projections of the base; this fillet and pedestal (are prescribed) also for images in general.
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AgP 55.8
प्रासादद्वारमानेन प्रतिमाद्वारमुच्यते(१) गजव्यालकसंयुक्ता प्रभा स्यात् प्रतिमासु च
prāsādadvāramānena pratimādvāramucyate(1) gajavyālakasaṃyuktā prabhā syāt pratimāsu ca
The doorway of an image is said (to be measured) by the measure of the temple doorway; and on images there should be an aureole furnished with elephants and vyāla-beasts.
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AgP 55.9
पिण्डिकापि यथाशोभं कर्तव्या सततं हरेः सर्वेषामेव देवानां शिष्णूक्तं मानमुच्यते देवीनामपि सर्वासां लक्ष्म्युक्तं मानमुच्यते
piṇḍikāpi yathāśobhaṃ kartavyā satataṃ hareḥ sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ śiṣṇūktaṃ mānamucyate devīnāmapi sarvāsāṃ lakṣmyuktaṃ mānamucyate
The pedestal too should always be made as beautifully as possible for Hari. For all gods whatsoever the measure stated (for Viṣṇu) is declared; and for all goddesses the measure stated for Lakṣmī is declared.
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