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.s17.115

v1.c6.s17.115

Measurement by the back-side :
118. Width at the back of head .... 9 parts
119. Thence to the end of ear .... .... 13½
120. Thence to the end of nose.... .... 13½
121. Shoulder (above the line of hiccough) from the neck-joint .... .... 4
122. From neck-joint to hump .... 5
123. Thence to the line of buttocks .... 27
124. Thence to anus .... .... 13½
125. Breadth to the left of it .... 21
126. Width of the back of loins .... 17
127. Width of the back or middle-body (madhya-kāya) above this .... 17
128. Distance between the breadths above this . . . . . 21
129. Distance between the arm-pits .... 27
130. Drip of the back-bone .... .... 1
131. Breadth of the loins-joint connected with the backbone .... .... 2 Thence should be measured the belly.
132. Width (breadth) of ribs-plank .... 12
133. Distance between ribs-planks .... 4
134. Height from ribs-plank to shoulder .... 5½
135. The portion between the breast and backbone (bṛihatī) .... .... 7
136. Its length (up to arm-pit).... .... (?)
137. Bṛihatī up to breast-limit .... 16½
138. Breadth of loins-line .... .... 13
139. Projection of the root of thigh .... 5
140. Width of perfectly round or spherical balls . . . . . 9
141. Width at the back of perfectly round breast .... .... 2
* 142. Drip or depth of hiccough .... 1 yava.
143. ” ” ” heart .... 1