The Development of Hindu Iconography c15.26

c15.26

² Bṛhatsaṃhitā, ch. 57, v. 30; Daśarathatanayo Rāmo Balīśca vairocaniḥ śataṃ viṃśam | Dvādaśahānyā śeṣāḥ pravarasamanyūnaparimāṇāḥ. Utpala’s commentary on it is worth quoting: Daśarathaputro Rāmaḥ | Virocanaputraśca Balīḥ | Viṃśatyadhikamaṅgulaśataṃ kāryamityarthaḥ | Anyāḥ pratimā dvādaśakadvādasakahīnatvena pravarasamā nyūnaparimāṇāḥ bhavanti | Viṃśatyadhikāṅgulaśatāddvādaśāṅgulānyapāsyaṣṭadhikaṃ śatamaṅgulānāṃ pratimā pradhānā bhavati | Tato’pi dvādaśakamapāsya ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulasamā madhyamā bhavati | Tato’pi dvādaśakamapāsya caturaśītyaṅgulā nyūnaparimāṇā pratimā bhavati | Svairaṅgulapramāṇairdvādaśavistīrṇamāyataṃ ca mukham’-ityanena nyāyena yā pratimoktā sāṣṭāṅgulaṃ śatamadhikaṃ bhavati | Yadatroktam “Daśarathatanayo Rāmo Balīśca vairocaniḥ śataṃ viṃśam” ityasmin dvādaśānāmaṅgulānāmadhikānāṃ tairadhikena parimāṇaḥ kāryaḥ sarvāvayavānām | Evaṃ hīnatve ’pyanupāta evetyanuktam jñāyata iti.