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Matsya Purana 258.75

Matsyapurāṇa 258.75

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258.75

grīvāvaliśca kartavyā kiñcidardhāṃgulocchrayā.
evaṃ vārīṣu sarvāsu devānāṃ pratimāsu ca .
tava cālamidaṃ proktaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 258.75

Thus about the images of the goddesses These signs of the images are destructive of sins—71

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

The middle of the thighs should be 28 fingers and above of that they should be 31 fingers, the scrotum should be three fingers and the organ two fingers and 6 fingers in circumference and the marks of the hair should be made near the root of the organ The pedastal of the organ should be 4 fingers in length The length of the waist is 18 fingers, but if the Divine image be female it should be 22 fingers and the space between the breasts is to be of 12 fingers and the circumference of the portion at navel should be 42 fingers If it be of a male the girdle should be made of 55 fingers The shoulders should be six fingers, and the thickness of the neck should be 8 fingers and the length eight kalās and the length of the arms should be 42 fingers The length of the arms should be 16 fingers, the top of the arm is to be of 12 fingers and the palm of the hand should be 5 fingers and the middle finger is to be of 5 fingers The nameless finger is to be ⅙th less, the little finger ⅙th less than the middle finger and the ring finger, one-fifth less than the middle finger The thumb is to be of four fingers The joints of the middle finger are two fingers long The joints of the thumb are like those of the ring finger and the upper joint should be made greater by two yavas Nails should be made in half of the top joint which should be smooth, reddish and glossy The back of the fingers should be somewhat round and the corners should be raised by one kalā The hairs of the head should hang on the shoulders by 10 fingers The limbs of the Goddesses should be made slender and shorter The breasts the thighs, the hips and loins, should be made bulky The abdomen should be in a space of 14 fingers All the images should be adorned well with the various kinds of nice ornaments in their arms etc Their necks should be somewhat longer and curved with excellent curls of hair The neck, nose, and forehead are to be three fingers and a half, and the lower lip is to be of half a finger The eyes should be more than ⅕th of the lips The ridge of the neck should be a little more than ½ a finger in height—55-70

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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