Astanga Hrudaya

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आगुल्फकर्णात्सुमितस्य जन्तोस्तस्याष्टभागं खुडकाद्विभज्य । घ्राणार्जवेऽधः सुरराजबस्तेर्भित्त्वाऽक्षमात्रं त्वपरे वदन्ति ॥ ३२ ॥

Dividing the total length of man after proper measurement, from his heel to the ear, and keeping one eight parts of it (at the bottom and discarding the major part at the top) from the knee or measuring from the tip of the nose straight downwards to the indrabasti and taking one eight parts of it (is the site for conducing the operation) 1 aksha proportion should be cut, say some others.

english translation

AgulphakarNAtsumitasya jantostasyASTabhAgaM khuDakAdvibhajya । ghrANArjave'dhaH surarAjabasterbhittvA'kSamAtraM tvapare vadanti ॥ 32 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript