[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915) › c8.98 # South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.98 South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.98 - **Language:** English ### [c8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.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. - [Previous: c8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.97) - [Next: c8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.99) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.gangoly-1915.c8.98) · Pramāṇa