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Brihat Samhita

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षोडश बाहू मूले परिणाहाद्द्वादशाग्रहस्ते च । विस्तारेण करतलं षडङ्गुलं सप्त दैर्घ्येण ॥ ५८-२६ ॥

The upper arm when measured around at its root shall be 16 digits and the lower arm when measured around at the wrist shall be 12 digits. The breadth of the palm shall be 6 digits and its length shall be 7 digits.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/58/27

पञ्चाङ्गुलानि मध्या प्रदेशिनी मध्यपर्वदलहीना । अनया तुल्या चानामिका कनिष्ठा तु पर्वऊना ॥ ५८-२७ ॥

The middle finger shall be 5 digits long; the fore-finger shall be shorter than the middle finger by one half of the length of its middle-joint; the length of the ring finger shall be the same as that of the fore-finger, and the little finger shall be shorter than the middle finger by its last joint.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/58/28

पर्वद्वयं अङ्गुष्ठः शेषाङ्गुल्यस् त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः कार्याः । नखपरिमाणं कार्यं सर्वासां पर्वणो अर्धेन ॥ ५८-२८ ॥

The thumb shall consist of two joints and the other fingers of three joints each. The breadth of the nails shall be one-half of the length of the joints on which they grow.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/58/29

देशानुरूपभूषणवेषालङ्कारमूर्तिभिः कार्या । प्रतिमा लक्षणयुक्ता सन्निहिता वृद्धिदा भवति ॥ ५८-२९ ॥

The images shall be shaped and adorned according to the fashion of the country. By placing images in temples, a person becomes prosperous.

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siva.sh/brihat-samhita/58/30

दशरथतनयो रामो बलिश्च वैरोचनिः शतं विंशम् । द्वादशहान्या शेषाः प्रवरसमन्यूनपरिमाणाः ॥ ५८-३० ॥

The images of Rāma. the son of Daśaratha and of Bali, the son of Virocana, shall each be 120 digits high. The Devas of middle importance shall be 108 digits high and the inferior Devas shall be 96 digits high.

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Chapter 58

Verses 31-35