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CHAPTER VI
THE CONTENTS OF THE DMP.
It now remains to give a short summary of contents of
the work, which consists of eight, 8 chapters, Adhikāras.
Chapter I consists of 59, fifty-nine verses. The first
section (śl. 1—10) deals with śilā-parīkṣā, the examination and
selection of suitable blocks of stone, timber etc., for the purpose
of images (ślokas 2—9); the auspicious time for selecting such
stone, wood etc. (śl. 10). The pratimā-pramāṇam, the height
of the superior, the medium and the inferior types of images in
comparison with the height of (a) the temple, (b) the door, (c) the
sanctum (śl. 21—25); the height of images to be fitly worshipped
in dwelling houses or outside dwelling houses, the lakṣaṇas, marks
of inauspicious images and those of good ones. The omens and
portents, adbhutas of different types viz., the heavenly divya, the
atmospheric, āntarīkṣa and the terrestrial, bhauma (śl. 36—41);
and the effects of the celestial omens on the king (śl. 42); the
omens of lingas (śl. 43) and their special effects (śl. 44); the
ominous signs of images and their effects (śl. 45—47); other kinds
of omens (śl. 48, 49); and the effects differently of the various
types of disturbances on the living beings (śl. 50—54a); the
duration of their effects (54b); the propitiation or pacification
of these disturbing omens (55, 56) and the effect of the same (57);
instructions for commencement of journeys and for the entry of
images etc. (58) ?; the astronomical considerations for the installa-
tion of images (59).
Chapter II of DMP., dealing with the pratimā-tāla-nirṇaya,
determination of the respective heights for images, consists of 33,
thirty-three verses.
The first few verses (1—3) give the units for measurement,
which increase in multiples of ten. The highest working unit is
the tāla.