Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.87

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Leaving aside all others (*i. e.* prādeśa, etc.) we have to concentrate on the tāla, the most widely used term of measuremeni in Āgamic texts like Suprabhedāgama and Śilpa-texts like Mānasāra and Śilpa-ratna. These tāla-measures vary from Uttama daśa-tāla to ekatāla—vide P. L. pp. 16-18. Bimba-māna, a manuscript in the British Museum No. 552-558 (mentioned by P. A. Mankad—editor of Aparājita-pracchā—vide his introduction p. CXXXVII) has a wider range going upto 12 tālas. The Aparājita-pracchā (cf. Sutra No. 225. 4-25) has, however, overtopped all the above texts and here the range of the tāla-māna extends upto 16 tālas, a comparative tabulation is given in the appendix A.