Agnipurana 55
English (machine translation) 55
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55.1
The Lord said: / Hereafter I shall declare the pedestal of images. / It is equal in length to the image, and wide by half of that.
55.2
Its height is half of its length, from a half-portion of its well-proportioned width, / or equal to a third; its rim is with a third of that.
55.3
And the excavation of that measure should be slightly inclined to the north. / The outlet of the water-channel is by a fourth of the width.
55.4
One should make the width of its base half of that at the tip. / One should make the water conduit with a third of the width.
55.5
Or the length of Śiva is declared to be equal to half of the pedestal; / or knowing Śiva to be of equal length, one should lay out the cord.
55.5.p1
[Notes]
55.5.p2
1. "bhujārdhapañcamāṃśena" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
55.5.p3
2. "tribhāgena tu bāhulyam" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
55.5.p4
3. "piṇḍikārdhena bāhulyam" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa.
55.5.p5
4. "dairghyaṃ kuśasya" is the reading in the manuscripts marked ga and ṅa.
55.5.p6
5. "kuśambāhulyadīrghañca" is the reading in the manuscript marked ṅa. / [Page 157]
55.6
One should make the height as before, with a count of sixteen parts: / the lowest six [parts]; the neck should be two parts, [or] one should make it three parts.
55.7
The remaining [parts] are to be made singly, as well as the projections of the base. / This molding and pedestal are for common images.
55.8
The door of the image is declared according to the measure of the temple door. / And there should be an aureole endowed with elephants and vyālas for the images.
55.9
The pedestal of Hari should also always be made according to beauty. / The measure stated for Viṣṇu is declared for all gods; / the measure stated for Lakṣmī is declared for all goddesses.
55.9.p1
Thus in the glorious and primal Mahāpurāṇa of Agni, the fifty-fifth chapter, entitled “The Characteristics of the Pedestal”.
55.9.p3
Now, the fifty-sixth chapter.
55.9.p4
Declaration of the sacrifice to the guardians of the directions
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit