Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c18.s1.48

c18.s1.48

the length is 62 *angal*.* The expert imager must make the figure in the due proportion.
94. “The left foot is beneath, the right foot must be placed over it, the hands must be placed likewise. The image will then be pleasing.
95. “The length from the feet to the hands is one face, and from thence to the private part and navel one *bhāga*.
96. “From the base of the throat to the navel is 27 *angal* [i.e., two faces]. From the base to the top of the neck is one *bhāga* less one inch.†
97. “From the collar bone to the throat joint is half an *angala*. The face is 13½ *angal*. The height of the crown of the head is three *angal*, the top 1½ *angal* [cf. v. 24].
98. “The three‡ sedent positions are as aforesaid, and the skilful craftsmen must make them accordingly. [Verses 99-104 give details of position and dimensions of hands, knees and feet].
105. “The space between the two knees, the height from the ankle to the end of the hair of the head, as also from [each] knee to the [opposite] shoulder are the same.§ [Verses 106-111 give measurements of the body, and arms, and indicate their relation.]
112. “A line must be drawn from the middle of the forehead, the middle of the tip of the nose, over the middle of the chest, and over the middle of the navel, the middle of the private part, between the two joints of the thumbs, and the middle of the ankles of the feet;
113. “This is the *maddhya sūtra* [medial plumb line] which must be drawn at a distance of twelve inches from the crown of the head.‖ 114-115. “From the plumb line to the centre of the forehead is three inches, to the tip of the nose one inch, to the bridge of the nose three inches, to the chin three inches, and to the end of the neck seven inches: to the base of the neck seven inches and three barley-corns, to the chest three inches, to the middle of the belly one inch, and the line must touch the private part.
116. “This plumb line should be drawn as described above. [Another] line must be drawn by the end of the mouth, the end of the nipple of the breast, the end of the wrist joint, and the side of the instep [?]. This is called the *mukha sūtra* [mouth plumb line].
117. “ [Another] line must be drawn by the armpit, the side of the hip, the side of the calf and by the elbow. This is called the *kaksha sūtra* [armpit plumb line].
118. “The expert imager should mark what is said above, and draw the lines accordingly. Sideways from the centre of the crown, the side of the ear, the side of the arm and the elbow, this line must be drawn over the three seated images.**
119. “The height of the seat should be either one third or one quarter or one fifth of the height of the seated image. The description of seated images ends here.