Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.69

v2.c74.s2.69

This standard of measurements of the Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra however, does not tally with that of the Bṛhatsaṃhitā, which is so much talked of in the contemporary critical works on Architecture and Iconography. Perhaps this variation is due to the fact that all the measurements as given in the text are for the images in paints and the images that are painted must be of lesser size than those carved out in the stone or made of the wood or the clay. The Aparājita-pracchā is conspicuous by the absence of any metion in it of the standards of measurements. It however has a chapter on Tālamāna and that too in relation to the Citra-images cf. सू० २२५ “चित्र-प्रतिमा-ताल-निर्णय”.