कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

The base for the standing images is of six kinds – sthanaka, adhara, supta, yanaga,
gamanonmukha and naatyotsukha. The base for the sitting images are nruttasakta, gamanabhirata,
yanaga, ucca and others. The base for the recumbent image is supta and generally this kind
of base is not desirable for the Siva temple. This is applicable to the images of Vishnu and
other related Deities.
शूलमूल विशालेनाध्यर्धमाधार मानकम्।
तद्बेराङ्गुल मानेन एकाङ्गुल विवर्धनात्॥ ५९
चतुरङ्गुल मानं स्यात्समं स्याच्चतुरश्रकम्।
तद्घनं त्रिविधं प्रोक्तं तस्मादेकैक वर्धनात्॥ ६०
चतुर्मात्रान्तमानं स्यात् क्रियामानानुसारतः।
सुवर्णतार ताम्राद्यैः पादपाद्यैस्तु वा भवेत्॥ ६१
śūlamūla viśālenādhyardhamādhāra mānakam|
tadberāṅgula mānena ekāṅgula vivardhanāt|| 59
caturaṅgula mānaṁ syātsamaṁ syāccaturaśrakam|
tadghanaṁ trividhaṁ proktaṁ tasmādekaika vardhanāt|| 60
caturmātrāntamānaṁ syāt kriyāmānānusārataḥ|
suvarṇatāra tāmrādyaiḥ pādapādyaistu vā bhavet|| 61
The proportionate measurement of the base(pedestal) is one and a half times the width of
the base of the wooden frame. Based on the measurement of the actual image, the width
of the pedestal should be more than the width of the base of the actual image by one to
four digits, increasing the measure by one digit each time. The base should be with four equal
sides. The thickness of the pedestal is obtained in three ways, increasing the width by one unit
each time. According to the acitivities related to the structure of the frame, the thickness
may be increased up to four units. Or, the pedestal may be designed with gold, silver, copper
and such other metals or with wood and others.