Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c21.s2.4

v3.c21.s2.4

| The breadth of the brow at its middle | ... | 0 | 2 | 0 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| The shape of the brow should be that of the crescent moon or that of a stringed bow. | ... | 0 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 6 |
| The diameter of the pupil (*kaṇinikā*) | ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | ... | ... | ... | 0 |
| The diameter of the black ball of the eye | ... | 0 | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6½ |
| The lengths of the whites of the eye on either side of black ball | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| The shape of the eye should be like the outline of a fish, the petal of the lotus flower or like the half moon. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| At the ends of the eyes there should be half a *yava* of red flesh. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| It is stated that in the middle of the pupil (*kaṇinikā*) there is what is called the *jyōtir-maṇḍala* whose diameter is said to be a *yava*. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| The breadth of the upper lid (in the open eye). | ... | 0 | 1¼ | 0 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| The breadth of the lower lid | ... | 0 | 1¼ | 0 | ... | ... | ... | 1½ |
| The length of the eye lids | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... |
| There should be 90 lashes in each eye-lid, according to the *Kāraṇāgama*. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| The distance between the eyes | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| The length of the eyes | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... |
| The width of the eyes | ... | ... | ... | 0 | ... | ... | ... | 0(?) |
| MEASUREMENTS OF THE NOSE. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| The length of the *nāsā-puṭa* (the wing of the nose) | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| The width of the same | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 0 |