Manasara 63.11

63.11

puramiti proktamasṛk vātāyanaṃ bhavet
jihvāyāmaṃ trimātraṃ syāttadviśālaṃ śivāṃśakaṃ

The snout is declared to be the passage for breath; / the length of the tongue should be three digits; its width is one part;