Elements of Hindu Iconography v2.c16.37

v2.c16.37

4. In marking the lines (*sūtras*) on the surface of the stone *liṅga*, it is stated that the part marked out thus should resemble the nut of the (human) *liṅga* :— “ . . . . . लिङ्गमूर्द्धेव मूर्द्धा”