Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.67

v2.c74.s2.67

Five types of men, according to Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra, are Hamsa, Śaśa, Rucaka, Bhadra and Mālavya. The māna, that is the height of the first type, namely the Hamsa is eighty eight aṅgulas and by increasing the measurement of Hamsa by two aṅgulas we get the height of Śaśa, and similarly increasing again two angulas in each of the remaining types we get the following chart of the proportions of all these types:—