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¹ Measurement from the foot to the top of the head is called *Māna* (which is nothing but height); *Pramāṇa* is the measurement of breadth; *Parimāṇa* is the measurement of width or circumference (*paritaḥ*); *Lamba-māna* is the measurement by the plumb-lines or the lines drawn perpendicularly through different parts of the body, the *māna* or the measurement of height being taken by the surface of the body; *Unmāna* is the measurement of thickness (*nimna*) or diameter; *Upamāna* is the measurement of interspace (*antara*), such as that between the two feet of an image. *Parimāṇa*, *unmāna*, and *māna* are also mentioned in the *Śukra-nīti* (I, 310), but their meanings are not quite clear.