Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c35.s3.11
Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c35.s3.11
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v4.c35.s3.11
| Distances measured. | According to the | |
| | Kāraṇāgama | Kāmikāgama |
| The back side of the buttocks is situated on the left side of this sūtra at a distance of | 7 aṅgulas | 17 aṅgulas |
| The madhyasūtra should touch the śroṇi and the left thigh and divide its width into two portions : the length of the portion on the right. | | 17 ,, (?) |
| Do. on the left. | | 9 ,, |
| The knee of the raised leg should reach the height of the navel, according to the Kāraṇāgama and śroṇi, according to the Kāmikāgama. | | |
| The sole of the lifted leg should be just above the knee of the standing leg, according to the Kāraṇagama and up to the level of the knee, according to the Kāmikāgama. | | |
| The distance between the sole of the lifted leg and the knee of the standing leg. | 34 ,, (?) | 24 ,, |
| The distance between the wrist of the daṇḍa hasta and the knee of the lifted leg. | 1 yava (?) | 14 ,, |
| The distance between the middle of the thigh of the left leg and the navel. | | 9 ,, |
| The distance from the madhya-sūtra of the knee of the bent, standing right leg. | 10 aṅgulas. | 12, 10 or 9 aṅgulas. |