[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [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)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927) › v6.c41.s2.2 # 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) v6.c41.s2.2 Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c41.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c41.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c41.s2.2) 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. - [Previous: v6.c41.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c41.s2.1) - [Next: v6.c41.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c41.s2.3) - [Up: v6.c41.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c41.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.1.310) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c41.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.acharya-1927.v6.c41.s2.2) · Pramāṇa