Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s5.4

v2.c74.s5.4

**1. Vaisnavam.**—It is so called because the presiding deity, to whome this particular pose is most favourable is Viṣṇu. The distance between the two legs should be of 2½ tāla and one of the legs to be shown as poised and the other tryaśra, a bit bent in a triangular position, both the thighs being a bit bent down (80. 3-5).