बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

Adh: LVIII. Sl. 50-54.] अष्टपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 515 नृपभयमत्यङ्गायां हीनाङ्गायामकल्पता कर्तुः । शान्तोदर्यां क्षुद्भयमर्थविनाशः कृशाङ्गायाम् ॥५०॥ मरणं तु सक्षतायां शस्त्रनिपातेन निर्दिशेत् कर्तुः । वामावनता पत्नीं दक्षि णविनता हिनस्त्यायुः ॥५१॥ अन्धत्वमूर्ध्वदृष्ट्या करोति चिन्तामधोमुखी दृष्टिः । सर्वप्रतिमास्वेवं शुभाशुभं भास्करोक्तसमम् ॥५२॥ Slokas 49-52 —An idol of the Sun, one cubit high is beneficial ; one that measures two cubits in height bes- tows wealth ; those of 3 and 4 cubits lead to happiness and plenty respectively. When it is of larger limbs, there will be trouble from the king ; when of shorter limbs, the sculptor will be afflicted with disease ; when of slender belly, impending famine ; when of thin limbs, loss of wealth ; when it has injuries, the maker will die through the fall of a weapon ; when it is bent on the left side, it kills his wife ; on the right, it robs him of his life ; when its eyes are turned upwards, he will become blind ; when bent downwards, he will have worries. Thus, the good and bad effects of all images will have to be assessed as in the case of the Sun-God. लिङ्गस्य वृत्तपरिधिं दैर्घ्येणासूत्र्य तत्त्रिधा विभजेत् । मूले तच्चतुरस्रं मध्ये त्वष्टाश्रि वृत्तमतः ॥५३॥ चतुरस्रमवनिखाते मध्यं कार्यं तु पिण्डिकाश्वभ्रे । दृश्योच्छ्रायेण समा समन्ततः पिण्डिका श्वभ्रात् ॥५४॥ Slokas 53-54.—Treat the circumference of (the round part of) the emblem of Siva (made of wood, stone or gem) as the height and divide it into three parts. The part at the bottom should be quadrilateral; that in the middle, octagonal ; and the last one, cylindrical. The