Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.75

v2.c74.s2.75

In the Viṣṇudharmottara also, the five-fold varieties of women-models have been hinted at, but there too the whole picture is not clear, nor the nomenclature of the five varieties are mentioned. It only says: (vide Pr. Lakṣ. p. 311)—As five models of men Haṁsa, etc., have been described, similarly there are five varieties of women as well. The height of women (when she is with her companion) should not exceed the shoulder of the man. Her waist should be thinner by two aṅgulas and it should exceed the waist of the man by four aṅgulas. Her breasts of course should go after her the *uras* and should be made fine.