Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c35.s3.10

v4.c35.s3.10

| Distances measured. | According to the | |
| | Kāraṇāgama | Kāmikāgama |
| The distance between the wrists of the hands bearing *agni* and the *ḍamaru* respectively from the shoulder. | 24 aṅgulas. | |
| The distance between the middle of the forearm of the hand held in the *abhaya* pose and the forearm of the *daṇḍa-hasta* (*gaja-hasta*). | | 17 aṅgulas. |
| There should be, according to the Kāraṇāgama, the *sarpavalaya* round the middle of the forearm, the hand of which is held in the *abhaya* pose and there must be an upper-garment of tiger's skin thrown on the shoulder between the two left arms. | | |
| The distance between the tip of the thumb of the *abhaya-hasta* and the nipple of the right breast. | | 2 ,, |
| The shortest distance between the wrist of the *abhaya-hasta* and the *daṇḍa hasta*. | | 6 ,, |
| The width of the portion of the abdomen on the right of the *madhya-sūtra*. | 4 aṅgulas. | 8 ,, |
| Do. on the left. | 13 ,, | 12 ,, |
| The distance (measured on the right side) of the navel from the *madhya-sūtra*. | 1 ,, | |
| The root of the penis is situated on the left of this *sūtra* at a distance of | 14 ,, | |