Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.57

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Three kinds of the Aṅgula-measure : Mātrāṅgula-gataṁ proktam aṅgulaṁ tri-vidhaṁ bhavet । (53). The mānāṅgula is the standard measure ; it is equal to eight barley corns : Yava-tārāshṭa-mātraṁ syān mānāṅgulam iti smṛitam । (56). The mātrāṅgula is the measure taken in the middle finger of the master : Kartur dakshiṇa-hastasya madhyamāṅgula-madhyame । Parva-dīrghaṁ tan-nāhaṁ mātrāṅgulam udāhṛitam । (57-58). The details of the 'deha-labdhāṅgula' are left out ; but this measure is frequently referred to : Trayas- triśach chhatāntaṁ syād deha-labdhāṅgulena vā । (64). The 'deha-labdhāṅgula' is to be understood as the measure, which is equal to one of the equal parts, into which the whole height of a statue is divided for sculptural measurement. This alone should otherwise be called aṁśa (part) ; but the term (aṁśa) is indiscriminately used for all the three aṅgula-measures, as well as for the term 'mātra.' Compare, for example, chap. LXV : Mūrdh(n)ādi-pāda-paryantaṁ tuṅga-mānaṁ praśasyate । (2). Chatur-viṁśach-chhataṁ kṛitvā tathaivāṁśena mānayet । (3). Ushṇīshāt keśa-paryantaṁ chatur-mātraṁ praśasyate । (4). Ardhāṁśaṁ gala-mānaṁ syād vedāṁśaṁ gala-tuṅgakam । (6). Sa yava-tryaṁśakaṁ chaivānāmikāyāmam ishyate । (26). Meḍhrāntaṁ ūru-dīrghaṁ syāt sapta-viṁśāṅgulaṁ bhavet । (9) The 'deha-labdhāṅgula' is also called the bera (idol)-aṅgula and the liṅga (phallus)-aṅgula, chap. LXIV. 49-53 : Aṁśakaṁ mānam evoktam aṅgulair mānam uchyate । Yal-liṅga-tuṅgaṁ saṁgrāhya chatur-viṁśach-chhatāntakam । Liṅgāṅgulam iti proktaṁ beraṁ tālavaśād-api । Kṛitvā berāṅgulaṁ proktaṁ mānāṅgulam ihochyate । Yava-tārāshṭa-mātraṁ syād devānāṁ aṅgulaṁ bhavet । The 'deva (god's)-aṅgula' mentioned in the last line (53) is apparently the māna (standard) aṅgula.