South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.98

c8.98

The distance between the *anamika* (second finger) to the shoulder in case of upraised hands should be 10 *angulas* or *mātras*. The space between the loin and the elbow should be two *angulas*. The space between the thigh and the middle finger of the hand hanging down as in figure (2) should be seven *angulas*. The space between the two ankles is 4 *angulās*, that between the toes being 16 *angulas*. This will vary in the different poses as we shall find. The *Parimana* measures are : the head, three *tālam* in circumference; the arms at the joint, two *tālam* each; the hands at the wrist, 12 *angulas* each; the circumference of the breast is five *tālam* - one and half *tālam* in front, one and half *tālam* at the back and one *tālam* each on the sides. The waist is four *tālam*. The *Unmana* or the actual height of the image varies according to the size of the shrine, the height of the *garvagriha* (inner shrine) and the height of the doorway for which special proportions are laid down in the works dealing with the construction of temples.