Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.100

v2.c74.s2.100

Now comes the theme of the proportionate measurements of the different limbs of the image in relation to its fashioning of the whole. In the 76th Chapter entitled ‘Pratimā-lakṣaṇa’ the author, therefore, has given the proportions, first in relation to male figures of all the different limbs beginning from the eyes, ears, nose, nāsāpuṭa, cibuka, lips, sṛk, nose and their allied members, together with the forehead, cheeks, neck, chest, naval, genetic organ, ūrū, knees, legs, feet, finger nails as well as the hands, fingers; also all the other limbs and sub-limbs have been duly represented in the proportions of their respective measurements. The charts (vide Appendix A) will show these proportions in their broad features.