History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c27.s3.t2.2

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Our ancients were equally concerned with measurements of body parts in the normal state of health. For this parameter, they had evolved a methodology suited to the timeframe, when education was imparted through recitation of slokas. Slokas 145-147 of Śukranīti reads ‘If an image is to be made, the appropriate pattern should always be placed in front. No image can be made without a model. So the artist should frame the limbs after meditating on the horse in the manner indicated’.