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

कर्णमूलात्तु कर्णान्तं प्रोक्तं मन्वङ्गुलं भवेत्।
कर्णमूलौ द्विमात्रौ तु तद्वदुच्च समन्वितौ॥ २०
तत्रैव वर्तुले कार्ये दशाङ्गुल सुनाहके।
कर्णौ पञ्चाङ्गुलायामौ कलावृत्त समुद्भवौ॥ २१
पञ्चाङ्गुल पृथूमध्ये परितः परतः कृशौ।
षडङ्गुलावृतौ मूले ऋजुरेखा विभूषितौ॥ २२
karṇamūlāttu karṇāntaṁ proktaṁ manvaṅgulaṁ bhavet|
karṇamūlau dvimātrau tu tadvaducca samanvitau|| 20
tatraiva vartule kārye daśāṅgula sunāhake|
karṇau pañcāṅgulāyāmau kalāvṛtta samudbhavau|| 21
pañcāṅgula pṛthūmadhye paritaḥ parataḥ kṛśau|
ṣaḍaṅgulāvṛtau mūle ṛjurekhā vibhūṣitau|| 22
The distance between the base of the two ears measures 14 digits. The raised part at the base of
the ears measures 2 digits.The circumference of the circular formation at this area measures 10
digits. The length of ears which raise from circular area of 16 units of a digit measures 5 digits.
The breadth of the ears at the middle measures 5 digits and the ears should gradually decrease
in breadth and thickness. At the base of the ears, the circumference is 6 digits and the ears should
be beautified with straight lines.
शृङ्गमूलं चतुर्मात्रं षडङ्गुल समुच्छ्रयम्।
अर्धाङ्गुलाग्र विस्तारो मनाग्वक्र समन्वितः॥ २३
शृङ्गमूलस्थितं पिण्डं हित्वा भागान्तरे मतम्।
पिण्डमङ्गुलमानं स्यादुच्छ्रितं शृङ्गमूलयोः॥ २४
शृङ्गाग्रादवटं यावत् षण्नेत्रं चान्तरं मतम्।
अष्टनेत्रायता ग्रीवा ककुद्द्दैर्घ्यं त्रिणेत्रतः॥ २५

śṛṅgamūlaṁ caturmātraṁ ṣaḍaṅgula samucchrayam|
ardhāṅgulāgra vistāro manāgvakra samanvitaḥ|| 23
śṛṅgamūlasthitaṁ piṇḍaṁ hitvā bhāgāntare matam|
piṇḍamaṅgulamānaṁ syāducchritaṁ śṛṅgamūlayoḥ|| 24
śṛṅgāgrādavaṭaṁ yāvat ṣaṇṇetraṁ cāntaraṁ matam|
aṣṭanetrāyatā grīvā kakuddairghyaṁ triṇetrataḥ|| 25
The base of the horns should be 4 digits. The horns should be with a height of 6 digits. The
breadth at the fore-part of the horns should be half a digit and the horns should be slightly bent.
When measuring the height of the horn, the muscular projection(pinda) at the base of the horn
should be left out and the remaining height should be measured. The breadth of the muscular
projection should be one digit and it should be raised up to the base of the horn. The space
between the fore-parts of the horns should be 12 digits. The length of the neck should be 16
digits and that of the hump should be 6 digits.
त्रिणेत्रमुच्छ्रयादुक्तं मानं वक्रं च मूर्धनि।
ककुदोऽधोष्टनेत्रस्तु जङ्घा पञ्चदृगायता॥ २६
सन्धिरेकाङ्गुला प्रोक्ता चतुर्नेत्रोपजङ्घिका।
सार्धनेत्रं ततो गुल्पे द्विनेत्रो खुरकौ पुनः॥ २७
गुल्पाधः खुरिके कांस्ये नेत्रपादे समे यथा।
जङ्घामूलावृत्तिस्सप्त दशमात्रा प्रकीर्तिताः॥ २८
जङ्घाग्रे तिथिमात्रं स्यान् मनुमात्राङ्गुलक्रमात्।
मूलाग्रे चोपजङ्घाया वेष्टनं परिकीर्तितम्॥ २९
triṇetramucchrayāduktaṁ mānaṁ vaktraṁ ca mūrdhani|
kakudo'dhoṣṭanetrastu jaṅghā pañcadṛgāyatā|| 26
sandhirekāṅgulā proktā caturnetropajaṅghikā|
sārdhanetraṁ tato gulpe dvinetro khurakau punaḥ|| 27
gulpādhaḥ khurike kāṁsye netrapāde same yathā|
jaṅghāmūlāvṛtissapta daśamātrā prakīrtitāḥ|| 28

jaṅghāgre tithimātraṁ syān manumātrāṅgulakramāt|
mūlāgre copajaṅghāyā veṣṭanaṁ parikīrtitam|| 29
The height of the hump should be 6 digits and the measure at the top of the hump is one digit.
The portion below the hump should measure 16 digits. The length of the shank should be
10 digits. The length of the joint(knee) should be one digit. The upper and broad portion of
the shank should be 8 digits. The ankle should be with a height of one and a half digits. The
hoofs should be with a height of 4 digits. Below the ankle, the gong-like projction of the hoof
should be with a height of half digit. The rounded portion at the upper part of the shank should
be with a measure of 17 digits(circumference of the rounded portion). The fore-part of the shank
should be 15 digits and it should reduce to 14 digits below that. The portion from the
fore-part and the base of the upper shank should be in rounded shape.
खुरयोरष्टमात्रं स्यात् हित्वा वेष्टनमात्रकम्।
ककुदः पृष्ठमानं तु षट् त्रिंशन्मानमीरितम्॥ ३०
तत्र त्रिकटमात्रं तु षडङ्गुलमिति स्मृतम्।
त्रिकटा नतिमानं तु द्वादशाङ्गुमीरितम्॥ ३१
khurayoraṣṭamātraṁ syāt hitvā veṣṭanamātrakam|
kakudaḥ pṛṣṭhamānaṁ tu ṣaṭ triṁśanmānamīritam|| 30
tatra trikaṭamātraṁ tu ṣaḍaṅgulamiti smṛtam|
trikaṭā natimānaṁ tu dvādaśāṅguamīritam|| 31
The measure of the rounded portion should be taken, leaving out 8 digits from the hoofs. The
length between the hump and the hinder part should be 36 digits. In this, the length of the hip
should be 6 digits. The bending of the hip should be with a measure of 12 digits.
तस्माच्च परतः पुच्छसन्ततिस्तु प्रकीर्तिता।
पुच्छमूलं चतुर्मात्रं अग्रेऽङ्गुल विनिर्मितम्॥ ३२
त्रिंशदङ्गुल मानेन पुच्छदैर्घ्यं प्रकीर्तितम्।
षडङ्गुल प्रमाणेन तस्मात्स्यात्केशसन्ततिः॥ ३३

tasmācca parataḥ pucchasantatistu prakīrtitā|
pucchamūlaṁ caturmātraṁ agre'ṅgula vinirmitam|| 32
triṁśadaṅgula mānena pucchadairghyaṁ prakīrtitam|
ṣaḍaṅgula pramāṇena tasmātsyātkeśasantatiḥ|| 33
Beyond the hinder part, there should be the descending tail. The base of the tail should be
with a measure of 4 digits and the fore-part of the tail should be with a length one digit. The
total length of the tail should be 30 digits. Th bunch of hairs at the end of the tail should be
with a length of 6 digits.
पृष्ठे त्रिकटि देशे च तारो विंशति मात्रकः।
विस्तार देहमध्ये तु षोडशाङ्गुल उच्यते॥ ३४
ककुत्सन्धि प्रदेशे तु विस्तारं मनुमात्रकम्।
ग्रिवाधस्ताच्चतुर्मात्रं सास्नालम्बः प्रकीर्तितम्॥ ३५
सा चाष्टादश मात्रा स्याज् जङ्घान्तायति संयुता।
अशीत्यङ्गुल विस्तारा कुक्षिर्नाभेः प्रकीर्तिता॥ ३६
pṛṣṭhe trikaṭi deśe ca tāro viṁśati mātrakaḥ|
vistāra dehamadhye tu ṣoḍaśāṅgula ucyate|| 34
kakutsandhi pradeśe tu vistāraṁ manumātrakaṁ|
grivādhastāccaturmātraṁ sāsnālambaḥ prakīrtitam|| 35
sā cāṣṭādaśa mātrā syāj jaṅghāntāyati saṁyutā|
aśītyaṅgula vistārā kukṣirnābheḥ prakīrtitā|| 36
The width of the body at the hinder part and hip is 20 digits. The width at the middle(navel
level) of the body 16 digits. At the level of the hump-joint, the width of the body is 14 digits.
Below the neck, the dew-lap should be with the length of 4 digits. The neck should be
with a width of 18 digits. The distance between the end of the shank and the part covering the
stomach and the navel should be 80 digits.
मध्यपाश्चाग्रदेशे तु षष्ठ्यङ्गुलमिति स्मृतम्।
नाभिनेत्रद्वयेन स्याद् द्विनेत्रौ वृषणौ मतौ॥ ३७
विस्तारायाम मानेन परजङ्घा दशाङ्गुला।

सन्धिर्द्विमात्रष्ण्णेत्रा चोपजङ्घा प्रकीर्तिता॥ ३८
द्विनेत्रौ गुल्पकौ ज्ञेयौ खुरौ पञ्चाङ्गुलौ मतौ।
खुरके द्व्यङ्गुले कार्ये द्वाविंशत्यङ्गुलेन तु॥ ३९
जङ्घा मध्यमनाहस्स्यात् सन्धिदेशे पुनस्त्रयः।
madhyapāccāgradeśe tu ṣaṣṭyaṅgulamiti smṛtam|
nābhirnetradvayena syād dvinetrau vṛṣaṇau matau|| 37
vistārāyāma mānena parajaṅghā daśāṅgulā|
sandhirdvimātraṣṣaṇṇetrā copajaṅghā prakīrtitā|| 38
dvinetrau gulpakau jñeyau khurau pañcāṅgulau matau|
khurake dvyaṅgule kārye dvāviṁśatyaṅgulena tu|| 39
jaṅghā madhyamanāhassyāt sandhideśe punastrayaḥ|
The distance between the middle of the body and the fore-part of the body should be 60 digits.
The measure of the navel is 4 digits and that of the scrotum is also 4 digits. The width and the
length of the shanks at the rear part should be 10 digits. The height of the back knee should be 2
digits. The height of the upper shank should measure 12 digits. The measure of the back ankle
should be 4 digits and that of the back hoofs 5 digits. The gong-like projection of the hoof
should be with a measure of 2 digits and above this, thickness at the the middle of the shank
should measure 22 digits. The width at the level of knee should be 3 digits.
वेष्टनं चोपजङ्घायाष्षोडशाङ्गुलमुच्यते॥ ४०
द्व्यङ्गुलं पृष्ठदैर्घ्यं स्याद् अधस्त्वष्टाङ्गुलो मतः।
एषा वृषक्रिया शक्तिपर्यन्त व्याप्ति संयुता॥ ४१
veṣṭanaṁ copajaṅghāyāṣṣoḍaśāṅgulamucyate|| 40
dvyaṅgula pṛṣṭhadairghyaṁ syād adhastvaṣṭāṅgulo mataḥ|
eṣā vṛṣakriyā śaktiparyanta vyāpti saṁyutā|| 41
The thickness of the upper shank should measure 16 digits. The length of the back at the
upper part should be 2 digits. Below this, the the length of the back should be 8 digits. These
are the characterising works related to the bull. All other characterising works may be done
according to the contemplating power and desire of the sculptor.

अथवान्यप्रकारेण वृषलक्षणं उच्यते।
भक्तवा पञ्चांशमुत्सेधं त्रिमात्रं खुरमुच्यते॥ ४२
मूलव्यासश्चतुर्मात्र शृङ्गाग्रं स्यात् द्विमात्रकम्।
नवमात्रं ललाटस्स्यान् मुखव्यासस्स्वराङ्गुलः॥ ४३
उत्सेधश्च समस्तेन नेत्रायामं द्विमात्रकम्।
सार्धाङ्गुलं तदुच्चं स्यान् नेत्रमध्या मुखाकृतिः॥ ४४
चतुर्नेत्राङ्गुलं पृष्ठं ग्रीवायास्तु षडङ्गुलः।
athavānyaprakāreṇa vṛṣalakṣaṇaṁ ucyate|
bhaktvā pañcāṁśamutsedhaṁ trimātraṁ khuramucyate|| 42
mūlavyāsaścaturmātra śṛṅgāgraṁ syāt dvimātrakam|
navamātraṁ lalāṭassyān mukhavyāsassvarāṅgulaḥ|| 43
utsedhaśca samastena netrāyāmaṁ dvimātrakam|
sārdhāṅgulaṁ taduccaṁ syān netramadhyā mukhākṛtiḥ|| 44
caturnetrāṅgulaṁ pṛṣṭhaṁ grīvāyāstu ṣaḍaṅgulaḥ|
Or, the characteristic lineaments of the bull are now told in a different way. The ascertained
height of the bull should be divided into 5 equal parts and based on this the basic unit(digit)
should be derived(in this case, one digit is equal to one part out of 60 parts). According to
this scheme, the hoof measures 3 digits.The width at the base of the horn is 4 digits. The
width at the fore-part of the horn is 2 digits. The forehead measures 9 digits. The width of
the face measures 16 digits. The height and the length of the eye should be 2 digits. The
projection at the middle of the eye should with a height of one and a half digits. The width of the
back(hinder part) 8 digits. The width of the neck, 6 digits.
पक्षपञ्चांशमुत्सेधं तेन मानं प्रकीर्तितम्॥ ४५
पञ्चषाङ्गुलमायामे प्रोक्तं तु मुनिसत्तमाः।
आरभ्य मूर्द्धः कण्ठाधो दशाङ्गुल इति स्मृतः॥ ४६
ग्रीवोच्चं वसुमात्र स्यात्तयोर्द्दैर्घ्यं षडङ्गुलम्।
अनुत्सेधं तु षण्मात्रं जानुमात्रं द्विमात्रकम्॥ ४७

pakṣapañcāṁśamutsedhaṁ tena mānaṁ prakīrtitam|| 45
pañcaṣaṅgulamāyāme proktaṁ tu munisattamāḥ|
ārabhya mūrdhnaḥ kaṇṭhādho daśāṅgula iti smṛtaḥ|| 46
grīvoccaṁ vasumātra syāttayordairghyaṁ ṣaḍaṅgulam|
anutsedhaṁ tu ṣaṇmātraṁ jānumātraṁ dvimātrakam|| 47
Holding the total height to be consisting 75 equal parts, the proportionate measures of each
part of the bull are now told. O, the foremost Sages!,the length of the body measures 30 digits.
The distance between the head and the base of the neck, 12 digits. The height of the neck,
8 digits. The length of the head and the neck, 6 digits. The height at their sides measures
6 digits. The knee measures 2 digits.
जङ्घा द्वित्र्यङ्गुला दैर्घ्यात् त्रिमात्रं खुरमुच्यते।
शृङ्गान्तरं द्विमात्रं स्यात् तयोर्दैर्घ्यं षडङ्गुलम्॥ ४८
मूलव्यासं चतुर्मात्रं ललाटोच्च

trimātraṁ uttaroṣṭhoccaṁ adharoṣṭhaṁ dvimātrakam|
mūlāyāmocca vistāro dvimātraikatrimātakaiḥ|| 50
pañcanetrāṅgulaṁ karṇavyāso mūloktamātrakaṁ|
pañcāśad grīvavistāro mūlavistāra eva ca|| 51
ṣaḍvasvaṅgula ityukataḥ krameṇa dvijapuṅgavāḥ|
The height of the upper lip, 3 digits and that of the lower lip, 2 digits. The length, height and
the width at the base level of these should be 2, 1 and 3 digits. The width of the ears at the
base level should be 10 digits. The circumference of the neck, 50 digits. O, the foremost among
the twice-borns!, the height and the breadth of the neck are 6 digits and 8 digits respectively.
ककुत् षडङ्गुलव्यास उत्सेधो द्विमात्रकः॥ ५२
कर्णस्याग्रविशालं तु द्विमात्रं युक्तितो न्यसेत्।
ककुदस्तु शरीरोच्चं प्रोक्तं अष्टादशाङ्गुलम्॥ ५३
द्विसप्तमात्रं पृष्ठे स्याद् विस्तारो द्वादशाङ्गुलः।
अन्योन्य मूलमध्याग्र व्यासो वेदाङ्गुलेन च॥ ५४
अष्टाङ्गुलेन दिङ्मात्रैः क्रमेणैव भवेद्विजाः।
kakut ṣaḍaṅgulavyāsa utsedho dvimātrakaḥ|| 52
karṇasyāgraviśālaṁ tu dvimātraṁ yuktito nyaset|
kakudastu śarīroccaṁ proktaṁ aṣṭādaśāṅgulam|| 53
dvisaptamātraṁ pṛṣṭhe syād vistāro dvādaśāṅgulaḥ|
anyonya mūlamadhyāgra vyāso vedāṅgulena ca|| 54
aṣṭāṅgulena diṅmātraiḥ krameṇaiva bhaveddvijāḥ|
The width of the hump, 6 digits. Its height, 2 digits. The width of the fore-part of the ears
should be 2 digits. The measure of this width may be decided according to the view of the
sculptor. The height of the body at the point of the hump should be 18 digits. The height
at the back side, 17 digits. The width of the hinder part, 12 digits. O, the twice-born sages!,
the width at the base, middle and the fore-part of the closely formed back should be 4, 8
and 10 digits respectively.

पञ्चाङ्गुलं तथायामो जानुदेशं द्विमात्रकम्॥ ५५
जङ्घा पञ्चाङ्गुलोत्सेधा त्र्यङ्गुला स्याद्विशालतः।
खुरोत्सेधं द्विमात्रं स्यात् तथास्यात्पुच्छमूलकम्॥ ५६
सार्धाङ्गुलं तु पुच्छाग्रं जङ्घान्तं तस्य लम्बनम्।
मुष्कायाम विशाले तु द्विमात्रे च यथाक्रमम्॥ ५७
pañcāṅgulaṁ tathāyāmo jānudeśaṁ dvimātrakam|| 55
jaṅghā pañcāṅgulotsedhā tryaṅgulā syādviśālataḥ|
khurotsedhaṁ dvimātraṁ syāt tathāsyātpucchamūlakam|| 56
sārdhāṅgulaṁ tu pucchāgraṁ jaṅghāntaṁ tasya lambanam|
muṣkāyāma viśāle tu dvimātre ca yathākramam|| 57
The length of the knee 5 digits and its height 2 digits. The height of the shank 5 digits and
its width 3 digits. The height of the hoof 2 digits and that of the base of the tail is also 2 digits.
The tip of the tail measures one and a half digits and the tail should descend downwards up to the
shank. The length and the width of the scrotum, 2 digits.
जङ्घायामं त्रिमात्रं स्याद् उदराङ्गुलमायतम्।
शेषायामं त्रिमात्रं स्याद् गुदं मायाङ्गुलं भवेत्॥ ५८
ऊरुमूलाग्र विस्तारो वेदाङ्गुलमिति स्मृतम्।
जङ्घाग्रं तु त्रिमात्रं स्याच्छेषं युक्तिबलान्नयेत्॥ ५९
jaṅghāyāmaṁ trimātraṁ syād udarāṅgulamāyatam|
śeṣāyāmaṁ trimātraṁ syād gudaṁ māyāṅgualam bhavet|| 58
ūrumūlāgra vistāro vedāṅgulamiti smṛtam|
jaṅghāgraṁ tu trimātraṁ syāccheṣaṁ yuktibalānnayet|| 59
The length of the shank, 3 digits and that of the part of the stomach joining with the shank, 3
digits. The remaining length of the stomach part, not joining with the shank, 3 digits. The
anus should measure one digit. The width of the thigh at the base level and at the level of the

fore-part should be 4 digits. The fore-part of the shank should measure 3 digits. All other
parts may be designed according to the reasoning and contemplation of the sculptor.
घनं वाप्यघनं वापि लोहजं परिकल्पयेत्।
वेणुवस्त्रादि वेत्रेण सदनं परिकल्पयेत्॥ ६०
सकलस्य तु यन्मानं तन्मानं वा वृषोदये।
उक्तेऽध्यर्धयवाद्यष्ट उच्छ्रायस्य यवाङ्गुलम्॥ ६१
हीनं वाप्यधिकं कार्यं कर्तुरिच्छवशेन तु।
नाना भूषण संयुक्तं घण्टाजाल समन्वितम्॥ ६२
प्रतिमोक्ताय जात्यंशं तद्वदायादि शोभनम्।
एवं लक्षणं आख्यातं स्थापनं श्रूयतां द्विजाः॥ ६३
ghanaṁ vāpyaghanaṁ vāpi lohajaṁ parikalpayet|
veṇuvastrādi vetreṇa sadanaṁ parikalpayet|| 60
sakalasya tu yanmānaṁ tanmānaṁ vā vṛṣodaye|
ukte'dhyardhayavādyaṣṭa ucchāyasya yavāṅgulam|| 61
hīnaṁ vāpyadhikaṁ kāryaṁ karturicchavaśena tu|
nānā bhūṣaṇa saṁyuktaṁ ghaṇṭājāla samanvitam|| 62
pratimoktāya jātyaṁśaṁ tadvadāyādi śobhanam|
evaṁ lakṣaṇaṁ ākhyātaṁ sthāpanaṁ śrūyatāṁ dvijāḥ|| 63
The bull to be made of metals may be designed so as to be solid or hollow. The shrine for the
bull may be designed with bamboo, cloth and such other materials or cane. Whatever be the
height of the image of Siva, that should be the height of the bull. If the height is measured in
the mode of yava-angula, the height may be decreased or increased by one and a half yava to
8 yavas, according to the desired plan of the sponsor. The bull should be designed so as to
be adorned with many kinds of ornaments and cluster of bells. The quality-number(jatyamsa)
should added to the height, as explained for the making of the images and the aya and other
factors should be examined to ascertain the auspiciousness of the image of the bull. Thus,
the characteristic lineaments of the bull have been told. Now listen to the process of installation
of the bull.

कालोऽपि पूर्ववत् ज्ञेयः तद्वदेवाङ्कुरार्पणम्।
मण्डपं परिवारोक्त मार्गेणैव समाचरेत्॥ ६४
पञ्चैक कुण्डे होमं स्यात्तथैव स्थण्डिलेऽपि वा।
रत्नन्यासं प्रकर्तव्यं शैलजे लोहजेऽप्यथ॥ ६५
kālo'pi pūrvavat jñeyaḥ tadvadevāṅkurārpaṇam|
maṇḍapaṁ parivārokta mārgeṇaiva samācaret|| 64
pañcaika kuṇḍe homaṁ syāttathaiva sthaṇḍile'pi vā|
ratnanyāsaṁ prakartavyaṁ śailaje lohaje'pyatha|| 65
The auspicious time for the installation should be decided as prescribed earlier. Likewise,
other rituals such as the offering of the fresh sprouts should be done. The pavilion should be
erected as detailed under the context of installation of the retinue Deities. The oblations
should be offered in five fire-pits or in one fire-pit or in the sthandila( a raised design formed
in the shape of square). For the image of the bull made of granite or metal, the ritual of
‘ratna nyasa’ should be performed.
रत्नार्थं हेमपद्मं वा मृण्मयादौ विवर्जयेत्।
ततोऽक्षिमोजनं शुद्धिः ग्रामादीनां प्रदक्षिणम्॥ ६६
तोयाधिवासनं प्राप्य ततो मण्डप संस्कृतिः।
द्विजसंभोजनं पुण्यतोयसेचनं एव च॥ ६७
वास्तुहोमं तथा शय्या स्नपनं कौतुकं तथा।
वृषस्य दक्षिणे शृङ्गे कौतुकं बन्धयेद्गुरुः॥ ६८
ratnārthaṁ hemapadmaṁ vā mṛṇmayādau vivarjayet|
tato'kṣimocanaṁ śuddhiḥ grāmādīnāṁ pradakṣiṇam|| 66
toyādhivāsanaṁ prāpya tato maṇḍapa saṁskṛtiḥ|
dvijasaṁbhojanaṁ puṇyatoyasecanaṁ eva ca|| 67
vāstuhomaṁ tathā śayyā snapanaṁ kautukaṁ tathā|
vṛṣasya dakṣiṇe śṛṅge kautukaṁ bandhayedguruḥ|| 68

For the performance of ‘ratna nyasa’, the lotus made of gold may be used instead of gems. This
‘ratna nyasa’ need not be performed for the image made of earth (terracotta). Then, opening of
the eyes(nayanonmilana), purification of the image(bimba suddhi), circumambulating the
location(grama pradakshina), keeping the image immersed in water(jaladhivasa), purification
and decoration of the pavilion(mandapa samskruti), honoring the learned brahmins with
feeding and such others(brahmana bhojana), sprinkling of the sacred and consecrated water
(punyatoya cecana), vastu homa, placing the image in recumbent pose(sayya), oblution
(snapana), fastening the protective thread(kautuka bandhana) – all these activities should be
carried out in the prescribed order of events. The Acharya should fasten the protective thread on
the right horn of the bull.
शयनारोहणं कुम्भस्थापनं पूर्ववन्नयेत्।
सप्तवर्गाच्चतुर्थान्तं सप्तस्वर विभूषितम्॥ ६९
बिन्दुनाद समायुक्तं आदौ प्रणव संयुतम्।
वृषभाय नमश्चान्ते तस्मिन् ब्रह्माङ्ग कल्पना॥ ७०
śayanārohaṇaṁ kumbhasthāpanaṁ pūrvavannayet|
saptavargāccaturthāntaṁ saptasvara vibhūṣitam|| 69
bindunāda samāyuktaṁ ādau praṇava saṁyutam|
vṛṣabhāya namaścānte tasmin brahmāṅga kalpanā|| 70
Mounting the image in recumbent pose on the couch and arranging of the sacred vessels
(kalasas) – should be done as explained before. The fourth letter of the seventh group of the
alphabet should be added to bindu and nada. Pranva-letter should be added in the beginning.
At the end of these should be prononced ‘vrushabhaya namah’. This is the mula mantra of
the bull. Based on this mantra, the brahma mantras and the anga mantras pertaining to the
bull should be formulated.
मध्यकुम्भे वृषः प्रोक्तः परितोऽष्टसु लोकपाः।
अथ विद्येश्वरान् वापि वृषस्य परितो न्यसेत्॥ ७१
उक्षा च गोपतिश्चापि शङ्कुकर्णस्तथैव च।
तीक्ष्णशृङ्गस्तथा नन्दी विषाणी पशुभृत्तथा॥ ७२

महोदरोऽष्टमश्चैतान् स्वस्वबीजेन विन्यसेत्।
संपूज्य गन्धपुष्पाद्यैः मुद्गान्नं तु निवेदयेत्॥ ७३
madhyakumbhe vṛṣaḥ proktaḥ parito'ṣṭasu lokapāḥ|
atha vidyeśvarān vāpi vṛṣasya parito nyaset|| 71
ukṣā ca gopatiścāpi śaṅkukarṇastathaiva ca|
tīkṣṇaśṛṅgastathā nandī viṣāṇī paśubhṛttathā|| 72
mahodaro'ṣṭamaścaitān svasvabījena vinyaset|
saṁpūjya gandhapuṣpādyaiḥ mudgānnaṁ tu nivedayet|| 73
In the kalasa placed in the middle, Vrushabha(Bull) should be invoked. In the eight kalasas
arranged around the middle one, eight directional Deities should be invoked. Or, the eight
Vidyesvaras pertaining to Vrishabha may be invoked in the eight kalasas kept around. Uksha,
Gopati, Sankukarna, Tikshna srunga, Nandi, Vishani, Pasubhrut and Mahodara – these are
the eight Vidyesvaras of Vrushabha. They should be invoked with the seed-letter pertaining
to each Vidyesvara. Having worshipped them with sandal, flowers and other materials, the
Acharya should offer the rice mixed with the powdered kidney-bean.
चरुकल्पे तथैव स्यात् तत्त्वमूर्त्यादिकं न्यसेत्।
अग्निकार्यं ततः कुर्यात् प्रागुक्त विधिना सह॥ ७४
समिदाज्य चरून् लाजान् मुद्गमाषान् क्रमाद्धुनेत्।
प्रभाते देशिकः शुद्धः पूजाहोमं च कारयेत्॥ ७५
carukalpe tathaiva syāt tattvamūrtyādikaṁ nyaset|
agnikāryaṁ tataḥ kuryāt prāgukta vidhinā saha|| 74
samidājya carūn lājān mudgamāṣān kramāddhunet|
prabhāte deśikaḥ śuddhaḥ pūjāhomaṁ ca kārayet|| 75
The preparation of ‘caru’( cooked-rice purified by the mantras) is as told earlier. The nyasa
of the Tattvas, Tattvesvaras, Murtis and Murtisvaras should be done. Then, the fire-ritual
should be performed according to the directions prescribed earlier. Faggots, clarified butter,
cooked rice, parched paddy, kidney-bean, bean – all these should be offered into the fire in the

due order. In the next early moerning, the Acharya, getting purified by bath and others, should
perform the kalasa-worship and fire-ritual.
आचार्य पूजा स्यादन्ते होतृभ्यश्चापि दक्षिणाः।
सुमुहूर्ते सुलग्ने तु मन्त्रन्यासं समाचरेत्॥ ७६
चलं चेद्वृषभस्थानं वेद्यन्ते च स्वदेशके।
मूलमन्त्रेण संस्थाप्य गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्यजेत्॥ ७७
ācārya pūjā syādante hotṛbhyaścāpi dakṣiṇāḥ|
sumuhūrte sulagne tu mantranyāsaṁ samācaret|| 76
calaṁ cedvṛṣabhasthānaṁ vedyante ca svadeśake|
mūlamantreṇa saṁsthāpya gandhapuṣpādibhiryajet|| 77
Then the Acharya should be worshipped and honored with sacrificial fees and the assisting
priests also should be offered the sacrificial fees. The Acharya should then perform the mantra
nyasa in the auspicious muhurta and lagna. If the image of Vrushabha is movable one(meant
for the festivals), the place where the image should be kept is the bottom of the altar or the
place allocated for that. Having duly installed with the recital of mula mantra, the Acharya should
worship the bull with sandal, flowers and such other materials.
ततः कुम्भान् समाहृत्य वृषाग्रे स्थण्डिले न्यसेत्।
कुम्भाद्वीजं समादाय वृषस्य हृदये न्यसेत्॥ ७८
अन्येभ्यो बीजमादाय तत्पीठे परितो न्यसेत्।
ततः कुम्भोदकेनैव स्नापयेद्वृषमादरात्॥ ७९
ध्वजस्यारोपणेऽप्येवं किन्तु तद्दण्डमूलके।
कुम्भाभिषेकः कर्तव्यस्तत्र प्रोक्षणं एव च॥ ८०
tataḥ kumbhān samāhṛtya vṛṣāgre sthaṇḍile nyaset|
kumbhādbījaṁ samādāya vṛṣasya hṛdaye nyaset|| 78

anyebhyo bījamādāya tatpīṭhe parito nyaset|
tataḥ kumbhodakenaiva snāpayedvṛṣamādarāt|| 79
dhvajasyāropaṇe'pyevaṁ kintu taddaṇḍamūlake|
kumbhābhiṣekaḥ kartavyastatra prokṣaṇaṁ eva ca|| 80
Then, having lifted the kalasas from the sthandila, he should place them on the sthandila
designed in front of Vrushabha. Having collected the seeds from the main kalasa, he should place
them over the heart of Vrushabha. Having collected the seeds from the other kalasas, he should
place them around the pedestal. Then, he should perform the oblution for the Vrushabha with the
consecrated water contained in the main kalasa with concentrated devotion. All such
activities should be done even for the installation of the flagpole. But these should be
performed at the base of the flagpole. Pouring the cosecrated water contained in the main
kalasa over the flag mast and sprinkling the consecrated water should be done there..
॥ इति कामिकाख्ये महातन्त्रे वृषभस्थापन विधिः चतुस्सप्ततितमः पटलः ॥
|| iti kāmikākhye mahātantre vṛṣabhasthāpana vidhiḥ catussaptatitamaḥ paṭalaḥ||
This is the 74ᵗʰ chater titled “Directions for the Installation of the Bull” in the Great Tantra called Kamika

७५ गोपुरस्थापन विधिः
75 gopurasthāpana vidhiḥ
75 Directions for Empowering the Gopura (elevated pyramidal structure)
स्थापनं गोपुराणां च वक्ष्ये लक्षण पूर्वकम्।
मूलप्रासाद् विस्तारे सप्ताष्ट नवभागिके॥ १
दशैकादश भागे तु तत्तदेकोन भागतः।
द्वारशोभादि मानं स्याद् गोपुरान्तं विशालतः॥ २
sthāpanaṁ gopurāṇāṁ ca vakṣye lakṣaṇa pūrvakam|
mūlaprāsāda vistāre saptāṣṭa navabhāgike|| 1
daśaikādaśa bhāge tu tattadekona bhāgataḥ|
dvāraśobhādi mānaṁ syād gopurāntaṁ viśālataḥ|| 2
I tell you now the directions for empowering the gopura(multi storeyied pyramidal structure
at the main entrance of the temple). Before that, I tell you the specific features of the Gopuras.
(There are five types of gopuras – dvara sobha, dvara sala, dvara harmya, dvara prasada and
dvara gopura, raised at the first enclosure called antar mandla, second enclosure called antar hara,
third enclosure called madhya hara, fourth enclosure called maryada and the fifth enclosure
called maha maryada, respectively) The width of the gopuras from dvara sobha to
dvara gopura should be decided based on the width of the temple. The width of the temple
should be divided into 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 equal parts. One part should be left out in each and the
remaining parts should be taken as the width of the gopuras from dvara sobha to dvara gopura
in the due order.
क्षुद्रेऽल्पे च तदुद्दिष्टं मध्यमानं विधीयते।
धाम्नि तारे चतुष्पञ्च षड्भागेन विभाजिते॥ ३
सप्ताष्टा कृते तेभ्यो विभागो गोपुरान्तकः।
द्वारशोभादि विस्तारः पञ्चधा परिकीर्तितः॥ ४

त्रिभागैकमथार्धं च त्रिभागे तु द्विभागकम्।
चतुर्भागे त्रिभागं च पञ्चांशे चतुरंशकम्॥ ५
ज्येष्ठधाम्नां विशालं स्याद् गोपुरान्तं क्रमेण तु।
kṣudre'lpe ca taduddiṣṭaṁ madhyamānaṁ vidhīyate|
dhāmni tāre catuṣpañca ṣaḍbhāgena vibhājite|| 3
saptāṣṭadhā kṛte tebhyo vibhāgo gopurāntakaḥ|
dvāraśobhādi vistāraḥ pañcadhā parikīrtitaḥ|| 4
tribhāgaikamathārdhaṁ ca tribhāge tu dvibhāgakam|
caturbhāge tribhāgaṁ ca pañcāṁśe caturaṁśakam|| 5
jyeṣṭhadhāmnāṁ viśālaṁ syād gopurāntaṁ krameṇa tu|
This process of deciding the width is applicable to the small and smaller categories of temple.
Then the process for the intermediary type of measures is told. If the width of the temple is
divided into 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 equal parts, then each part corresponds to the width of dvara gopura,
dvara prasada, dvara harmya, dvara sala and dvara sobha respectively. One part out
of three parts, one and a half part out of three parts, two parts out of three parts, three parts
out of four parts, four parts out of five parts – these are the five kinds of width applicable to
dvara sobha to dvara gopura belonging to the foremost category of the temple.
द्विहस्तादि द्विरष्टान्तं व्योमारत्नि विवृद्धितः॥ ६
प्रत्येकं त्रित्रिमानं स्याद् गोपुरान्तं विशालतः।
एकविंशत्करान्तं तु त्रिहस्ताद् द्विकवर्धनात्॥ ७
पूर्ववत्तित्थिसंख्याता मानशोभादि विस्तरे।
dvihastādi dviraṣṭāntaṁ vyomāratni vivṛddhitaḥ|| 6
pratyekaṁ tritrimānaṁ syād gopurāntaṁ viśālataḥ|
ekaviṁśatkarāntaṁ tu trihastād dvikavardhanāt|| 7
pūrvavattithisaṁkhyātā mānaśobhādi vistare|

Starting from 2 hastas and reaching up to 16 hastas, increasing by one hasta each time,
15 meausres are available. From these 15 measures, width belonging to the foremost, medium
and lower category and applicable to the five gopuras from the dvara sobha to dvara gopura
could be decided. Starting from 3 hastas, the architect should increase the measure by 2 hastas
each time to reach up to 31 hastas. As before, 15 measures are availble and these should
be taken for the five types of gopuras considered in three categories – uttama, madhyama and
adhama.
आरभ्य नन्दहस्तं तु द्विद्विहस्त विवर्धनात्॥ ८
सप्तत्रिंशत्करान्तं तु गोपुरान्त विशालता।
त्रिपञ्चदशसप्तात्तु एकहस्त विवर्धनात्॥ ९
पञ्चमानं द्विरष्टाभ्यां पञ्चस्वेकस्य सम्मतम्।
ārabhya nandahastaṁ tu dvidvihasta vivardhanāt|| 8
saptatriṁśatkarāntaṁ tu gopurānta viśālatā|
tripañcadaśasaptāttu ekahasta vivardhanāt|| 9
pañcamānaṁ dviraṣṭābhyāṁ pañcasvekasya sammatam|
Starting from 9 hastas and increasing by 2 hastas each time so as to go up to 37 hastas,
15 measures are available for the five types of gopuras to be considered in three modes, uttama
and others. Starting from 15, 16 and 17 hastas, the measure should be increased by one hasta
each time to have five measures in each(15 to 19, 16 to 20 and so on). Out of three sets of
five measures, one set may be taken for the five gopuras.
अन्यथा हस्तमानेन विस्तारः प्रविधीयते॥ १०
पञ्चादि विश्वहस्तान्तं चैकैककर वृद्धितः।
प्रथमावरणे द्वारशोभा विस्तार इष्यते॥ ११
तिथिहस्तात्तयोविंशत्यन्तास्स्युर्द्वार शालके।
पञ्चविंशति हस्तात्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशत्करान्तकः॥ १२
द्वारप्रासाद विस्तारः पञ्चमः परिकीर्तितः।
पञ्चविंशात्समारभ्य त्रिचत्वारिशदन्ततः॥ १३

द्वारहर्म्य विशालस्यान् नवपञ्च करादितः।
त्रिपञ्चाशतकरान्तं तु विशालो गोपुरस्य तु॥ १४
anyathā hastamānena vistāraḥ pravidhīyate|| 10
pañcādi viśvahastāntaṁ caikaikakara vṛddhitaḥ|
prathamāvaraṇe dvāraśobhā vistāra iṣyate|| 11
tithihastāttrayoviṁśatyantāssyurdvāra śālake|
pañcaviṁśati hastāttu trayastriṁśatkarāntakaḥ|| 12
dvāraprāsāda vistāraḥ pañcamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ|
pañcaviṁśatsamārabhya tricatvāriṁśadantataḥ|| 13
dvāraharmya viśālasyān navapañca karāditaḥ|
tripañcāśatkarāntaṁ tu viśālo gopurasya tu|| 14
An alternate process for acertaining the width based on hasta-unit is now told. Starting from
5 hastas and increasing by one hasta each time so as to reach 13 hastas, 9 kinds of width could
be derived for the dvara sobha belonging to the first enclosure(first three for the lower, second
three for the medium and the last three for the superior). Increasing by one hasta from 15 hastas
to 23 hastas, 9 kinds of width are available for the dvara sala. Increasing by one hasta from 25
hastas to 33 hastas, 9 kinds of width are available for the dvara harmya. Increasing by one hasta
from 35 hastas to 43 hastas, 9 kinds of width are available for the dvara prasada. Increasing by
one hasta from 45 hastas to 53 hastas, 9 kinds of width are available for the dvara gopura.
एकद्वितिचतुष्पञ्च हस्तैर्न्यूनं तु वाधिकम्।
नगरग्रामवेशादौ मानं गोपुरविस्तरे॥ १५
ekadviticatuṣpañca hastairnyūnaṁ tu vādhikam|
nagaragrāmaveśādau mānaṁ gopuravistare|| 15
With regard to the gatehouse of city, village and others, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 hastas may be decreased
or increased in the width available for the gopura.
सार्धद्विपादत्रिगुण त्र्यंशैकद्व्यंशमायते।
कल्पयेद् द्वारशोभादौ सप्तांश दशाभागिकम्॥ १६

चतुरंशं षडंशं तु सप्तांशे चतुरंशकम्।
नन्दांशे भूतभागं च द्विगुणं च प्रकल्पयेत्॥ १७
sārdhadvipādatriguṇa tryaṁśaikadvyaṁśamāyate|
kalpayed dvāraśobhādau saptāṁśa daśabhāgikam|| 16
caturaṁśa ṣaḍaṁśaṁ tu saptāṁśe caturaṁśakam|
nandāṁśe bhūtabhāgaṁ ca dviguṇaṁ ca prakalpayet|| 17
For the dvara sobha and others, the length should be taken as one and a half of the width, two and
one quarter of the width, three times the width, one part out of three parts of the width added to
thrice the width, two parts out of three parts of the width added to thrice the width
respectively. Or, 7 parts out of 10 parts of the width, 4 parts out of 6 parts of the width, 4 parts
out of 7 parts of the width and 5 parts out of 9 parts of the width and twice the width may be
taken as the length of dvara sobha and others.
द्वारायतन तुङ्गार्थं खल्लूरी गोपुरादिकम्।
मानमप्यथ संग्राह्यं निर्गमं चापि तत्समम्॥ १८
dvārāyatana tuṅgārthaṁ khalūrī gopurādikam|
mānamapyatha saṁgrāhyaṁ nirgamaṁ cāpi tatsamam|| 18
For the gopura pertaining to the annexe of the main edifice, the proportionate measures of
the length and the height should be determined in the same way. This process is applicable to
decide the proportionate measures of the projecting structures also.
गोपुरस्य विशालं तु कृत्वा विंशति भागिकम्।
एकाद्यष्ट दशांशान्तं गोपुराणां गुरूत्तमाः॥ १९
निर्गमं सालबाह्याद्वा तदन्तर्वा समाचरेत्।
gopurasya viśālaṁ tu kṛtvā viṁśati bhāgikam|
ekādyaṣṭa daśāṁśāntaṁ gopurāṇāṁ gurūttamāḥ|| 19
nirgamaṁ sālabāhyādvā tadantarvā samācaret|