Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c18.s2.10

c18.s2.10

“The length of an image is 124 *aṅgal*, when it is divided by four, 31 *aṅgal* will be the resultant. . . When a line is drawn horizontally through the navel, the portion of the elbow below it will be two *aṅgal*, and the loins below, four *aṅgal*; below that is the hip, and below that the private part.” [The prose next refers to many other lines, such as the *purva* and *pṛṣṭha*; *hikka* (=*Brahma*?); and lines drawn horizontally 1½ inches above the navel, across the navel, the centre of the private part (six inches below the last), and across the calf of the leg (eight inches below the last). It would appear that these notes are with regard to a seated image of Buddha. Much that appears very vague in the prose would no doubt be quite clear to the expert imager. I have quoted only so much as *Sāriputra* appears to be important or quite clear.]