South-Indian Images of Gods and Goddesses c6.s1.2

c6.s1.2

Elaborate rules have been laid down in the ancient Āgamas and Silpa-Sāstras as to the place where temples are to be built, the kinds of images to be installed there, the materials with which such images are to be fashioned, and even the dimensions and proportions of various kinds of images, to vary which will result in untold calamity to the maker and the worshipper alike. The curious reader may, for example, refer to Sukranitisāra (Chapter IV, Section IV, verses 130 et seq.).¹