Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c18.15

v3.c18.15

In sculpturing the image of Āditya attention has to be paid to the instruction that the nose, the forehead, the chest, the knees, the thighs and the neck should all be raised and prominent; the diameter of the halo should be twice the height of the kirīṭa. If the figure be made so as to be one cubit in height it would be a saumyamūrti, that is, a handsome, gentle figure; if it be of two cubits, it would be productive of wealth; if of three or four cubits, it would bestow happiness and prosperity.