Chapter 66 - The intermediate ten tāla measures (madhyama-daśatāla)

1. The details of (the intermediate type of) the ten tāla measure [viz., madhyama-daśatāla] for the females (goddesses) will be stated now.

2. (The height) from the foot to the crown of the head should be one hundred and twenty aṅgulas (parts).

3. One-eighth of that (aṅgula) is said to be the yava measurement (i.e., eight yavas make one aṅgula).

4. The height of the head from the crown to the hair (limit on the forehead) should be four parts.

5. Below that up to the eye-line the distance is known to be five parts.

6. The length of the nose (from the eye-line) up to the tip (lit., nostril) should be preferably four parts.

7. (The distance) from the nostril to the chin should be three and a half parts.

8. The neck-joint should be half a part, and the height of the neck four parts.

9. (The distance) from the glottis (i.e., lower limit of the neck) to the end of the heart should be thirteen parts.

10. The distance therefrom (i.e., the heart) to the navel, and (the distance) from the navel to the sex-organ should each be equal to that (thirteen parts).

11. The height (length) of the thigh from the sex-organ (up to the knee) should be twenty-six parts.

12. The height (length) of the knee should be four parts, and the leg should be equal to the thigh (i.e., twenty-six parts).

13. The height (i.e., length) of the foot extending between the heel and the large toe should be four parts.

14. The sole should be sixteen parts: this is said to refer to the length (of the foot proper).

15. The length of the arm from below (the end of) the line of glottis should be twenty-six parts.

16. The elbow should be two parts, and the length of the forearm up to the wrist twenty parts.

17. The palm (from the wrist-joint) up to the tip of the middle finger should be thirteen parts.

18. Of that length (of the palm) the length of the middle finger should be six parts.

19. The remainder should be the length of the palm (proper); the length of the thumb should be four parts.

20. The length of the forefinger and of the ring-finger should be five parts (aṅgula) and a half each.

21. The length of the little finger also should be preferably four parts.

22. The breadth of the face up to the ears should be optionally twelve parts.

23. Below that, the breadth of the face up to the ears should be eleven parts.

24. The breadth of the neck at the root, the middle, and the forepart should be seven parts.

25. The distance between the two arm-pits is stated to be fifteen parts.

26. Below that, the breadth (of the chest) along the breast should be also fifteen parts.

27. The breadth of each breast should be nine-and-a-half parts.

28. The elevation (of the breast proper) should be four parts and a half, and that of the nipple (lit., eye of the breast) along the middle should be one part.

29. The width of the nipple zone (of the breast) is said to be two parts.

30. The breadth below the breast up to the heart should be thirteen parts.

31. The width at the middle-belly should be eleven parts.

32. Below that, the breadth at the navel region should be thirteen parts.

33. The breadth along the region below the navel should be fifteen parts.

34. Below that, the breadth at the buttocks should be twenty parts.

35. The width at the hips below the buttocks should be twenty-four parts.

36. The width at the root around each of [off?] the thighs should be thirteen parts.

37. The width at the middle of the thigh is said to be twelve parts.

38. The width at the forepart (of the thigh) should be nine parts. The breadth of the knee should be seven parts.

39. The width of the leg should be six parts at the root, and five parts at the middle.

40. The breadth of the tubular vessel (? calf) should be four parts, and the breadth of the ankle four-and-a-half parts.

41-42. The breadth of the sole should be preferably four parts (at the middle); the breadth at the forepart should be five parts, an [and?] the breadth of the heel four parts.

43. The length of the large too should be four parts, and the foretoe equal to that (i.e., four parts).

44. The length of the middle toe should be three and a half parts.

45. The length of the middle toe should be three parts, and the length of the little toe ṭwo parts.

46. The breadth of the large toe should be two parts, and the breadth of the foretoe one part.

47-48. The breadth of the other three toes should be respectively seven, six, and five yavas: those are said to be the breadth of the toes from the middle to the little.

49-50. The width at the root of the arm should be three parts more than that of the leg (i.e., nine parts); the breadth (width) should be six parts and a half at the middle, and six parts at the forepart (of the arm).

51. The breadth of the elbow is said to be five parts and a half.

52. The width at the root of the forearm is known to be five parts.

63. The width [should be four parts and a half at the middle, and four parts at the forepart (of the forearm).

64. The width of the wrist-joint is known to be three parts.

55. The breadth of the palm extending from the little finger to the thumb should be five parts.

66. The breadth (at the root) of the forefinger should be six yavas, and equal to that should be the breadth of the ring-finger,

57. The breadth at the root of the little finger should be five yavas and a half.

68. The breadth at the root of the middle finger should be seven yavas.

69. The brow should be situated between the two; namely, the eye-line and the limit of the hairy part (close to the ear).

60. The breadth of the eye should be one part, and the length (of the eye) three parts.

61-62. The breadth of the nose beyond the exterior (i.e., up to the tip) of the nostril should be two parts; the breadth should be one part at the middle, and a half of that should be the breadth at the root (of the nose).

63. The distance between the two eyes should be two parta less one-fourth (i.e., one-and-three-fourths parts).

64. The distance between the roots of the two brows is said to be one part.

65. The length of the brow should be nine parts, and the breadth of the brow two parts.

66. The length of the eye being divided into three parts, the one part in the centre should be the (measure of the) black ball (iris).

67. The brow should be shaped like the bow (arch), and the eye like the fish.

68. The breadth and the height of the nostril should be discreetly made of half a part.

69. The nose should be shaped like the sesame flower, and the nostril like the seed of the long bean (niṣpāva).

70. The length of the face ending at the corner (sṛkkā) should be made of four parts.

71-72. The width of the upper lip should be five yavas, and that (width) of the lower lip six yavas, and the length (thereof) should be two parts.

73. The face should be discreetly (gracefully) shaped like the hen’s egg.

74-75. The ear should be equal (in shape) to the middle of the brow, and the height of the ear lour parts; equal to that should be the length of the suspending part (nāla), and the thickness (thereof) half a part.

76-77. The female organ (vulva) should be shaped like the leaf of the holy fig tree (aśvattha), and its breadth should be four parts; its length is said ṭo be seven parts, and the breadth above should be equal to the length.

78. The wise (sculptor) should make the rest as in the case of the largest type of the ten tāla measure.

Thus in the Mānasāra, the science of architecture, the sixty-sixth chapter, entitled: “The description of the intermediate type of ten tāla measures for the female figures.”