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

516 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LVIII. Sl. '55-57.
quadrilateral part must be kept in a pit in the earth, the
middle one, in that of the pedestal ; and the pedestal
around the pit must be equal in extent to the visible
height.
कृशदीर्घे देशघ्नं पार्श्वविहीनं पुरस्य नाशाय ।
यस्य क्षतं भवेन्मस्तके विनाशाय तल्लिङ्गम् ॥५५॥
Sloka 55.—An emblem being too thin and long
destroys the country ; being devoid of a side, ruins the
town ; and one with a wound on the head, tends to the
ruin of the owner himself.
मातृगणः कर्तव्यः स्वनामदेवानुरूपकृतचिह्नः ।
रेवन्तोऽश्वारूढो मृगयाक्रीडादिपरिवारः ॥५६॥
Sloka 56. — The group of mothers should be repre-
sented with the characteristics peculiar to the Gods
whose name they bear. Revanta (Sun's son) should be
seated on horse-back, with the companious of hunting,
sport, etc.
The mothers must have charming breasts, slender waist,
large buttocks, so as to make them appear attractive.
दण्डी यमो महिषगो हंसारूढश्च पाशभृद्वरुणः ।
नरवाहनः कुबेरो वामकिरीटी बृहत्कुक्षिः ॥५७॥
Sloka 57.---The God of death should be mounted on
a buffalo with a club in his hand ; Varuna, on a swan
with a noose in his hand ; and Kubera, on a human be-
ing, with a pot-belly and a crown placed on the left side
of the head.
तथा च काश्यपः ।
एकदंष्ट्रो गजमुखश्चतुर्बाहुर्विनायकः ।
लम्बोदरः स्थूलदेहो नेत्रत्रयविभूषितः ॥
नवकुवलयकान्तिमक्षमालां कमलकमण्डलुदर्पणाङ्कहस्ताम् ।
प्रणतप्रवरपीनपीठप्रक्षालनसुस्थितां परमेश्वरीं वितस्ताम् ॥