Elements of Hindu Iconography v4.c35.s3.9

v4.c35.s3.9

| Distances measured. | According to the |
| | Kāraṇāgama | Kāmikāgama. |
| *madhya-sūtra* shall pass through the head, the forehead, the side of the right wing of the nose, the right side of the navel and the centre of the projecting bone of the ankle. | |
| The horizontal distance of the centre of the forehead from this *sūtra*. | | 2 *aṅgulas*. |
| The distance between this *sūtra* and the *hikkā-sūtra* (measured along the line of sight of the observer, *i.e.*, vertically to the plane of the paper). | | 3 ,, |
| The distance of the right arm-pit from this *sūtra*. | 18 *aṅgulas*.(?) | |
| The distance of the left arm-pit. | 8 ,, | |
| The width of the neck on the left of this *sūtra*. | | 5 ,, |
| The width of the neck on the right. | | 4 ,, |
| The beginning (from the shoulder) of the left arm held in the *gajahasta* pose should be situated from this *sūtra* at a distance of | | 3 ,, |
| The left hand bearing *agni* should be lifted as high as the *hikkā-sūtra*. | | |
| The right hand carrying the *ḍamaru* and held in the *sūchi* pose should be at the height of the *karṇa-sūtra*. | | This hand is required to be one *aṅgula* above the *karṇa-sūtra*. |