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

वितस्तिना विधातव्यं यानञ्च शयनं तथा।
लिङ्गञ्च प्रतिमाञ्चैव द्वारस्तंभञ्च चूलिकम्॥ १८
यदस्य चोपकरणं तत्सर्वं चाङ्गुलेन तु।
अत्यल्पं तु यवेनैव माप्नुयान् मानवित्तमैः॥ १९
आयादि लक्षणं चैवमेभिरेव तु संमतम्।
vitastina' vidha'tavyam yanan"ca s'ayanam tatha'/
lin'gan"ca pratima'n"caiva dva'rastambhan"ca cu'likam// 18
yadasya copakaran.am tatsarvam ca'n'gulena tu/
atyalpam tu yavenaiva ma'pnuya't ma'na vittamaih// 19
a'ya'di laks"an.am caivam ebhireva tu sammatam/
Likewise, all kinds of vehicles and couches are to be measured with vitasti. Lin'ga,
statues, pillars at the entrance, towers, applicable measuring tools – all these are to
be measured in terms of an'gulas. Whatever is with insignificant size, it should be
measured with the unit of yava by the knowers of the measuring system. Similarly,
the features of a'ya, vyaya and so forth are to be analyzed and ascertained with such
applicable units.
हस्तैश्चतुर्भिरुद्दिष्टो दण्डो रज्जुस्तदष्टभिः॥ २०
दण्डेन मापयेद्ग्रामं नगरं पत्तनादिकम्।
अध्वानं रज्जुना बध्वा क्षेत्रं चैव तु मानयेत्॥ २१
hastais'caturbhiruddis"t'o dan.d'o rajjustadas"t'abhih// 20
dan.dena ma'payet gra'mam nagaram pattana'dikam/
adhva'nam rajjuna' badhva' ks"etram caiva tu ma'nayet// 21
Four hastas make one pole(dan.da). Eight poles make one rope(rajju). The priest or the
architect should measure the villages, towns, cities and so forth with the unit of pole.
The highways and roads, the boundary of the ground selected for buildings or village –
all these are to be measured with the unit of rope.