Agni Purana 54.17
Agnipurāṇa 54.17
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54.17
garbhārdhenādhamaṃ liṅgaṃ bhūtāṃśaiḥ syāt tribhirvaraṃ /
tayormadhye ca sūtrāṇi sapta sampātayet samaṃ //
An inferior liṅga is half the sanctum; the best is three-fifths. / Between those two, one should drop seven equal cords.
54.17.p1
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54.17.p2
1 vanamaṅgulamānena dvāragarbhakare sthitamiti ga,
cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
1 "The forest [liṅga] is measured by digits, while it is situated in cubits of the door and sanctum" is the reading in the manuscript marked ga.
54.17.p3
2 dvātriṃśatṣoḍaśārdhañceti ga, gha, ṅa,
cihnitapustakatrayapāṭhaḥ
2 "Thirty-two and a half sixteenths" is the reading in the three manuscripts marked ga, gha, and ṅa.
54.17.p4
3 viṃśatistriguṇaistatheti gha, cihnitapusutakapāṭhaḥ
3 "Twenty by three times the attributes" is the reading in the manuscript marked gha.
54.17.p5
4 vanaliṅgaṃ bhavedvaramiti ga, gha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ / calaliṅgaṃ
bhaved dhruvamiti kha, cihnitapustakapāṭhaḥ
:p 153
4 "An excellent forest liṅga is produced" is the reading in the manuscripts marked ga and gha. "A movable liṅga is certainly produced" is the reading in the manuscript marked kha. / [Page 153]
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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