The Development of Hindu Iconography c15.45

c15.45

Yakṣas (again mentioned) and the Uragas (Nāgas) as well as the Siddhas, Gandharvvas and Cāraṇas should be uttama-navatāla (112 aṅ.) high; the figures of those men who are equal to gods (devakalpamanujas, perhaps the same as the mahāpuruṣas) should measure satryaṅgula-navatāla (111 aṅ.) and those of Rākṣasas, Indras, Asuras, navatāla (108 aṅ.); aṣṭatāla (96 aṅ.) is prescribed for men, saptatāla (84 aṅ.) for Vetālas, ṣaṭtāla (72 aṅ.) for pretas, pañcatāla (60 aṅ.) for hunchbacks, catustāla (48 aṅ.) for dwarfs, tritāla (36 aṅ.) for Bhūtas and Kinnaras, dvitāla (24 aṅ.) for Kuṣmāṇḍas (? Kumbhāṇḍas) and ekatāla (12 aṅ.) for Kabandhas.¹