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Dvitāla

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By Swami Harshananda

Dvitāla literally means ‘measuring two tālas’.

In the murtiśilpaśāstra, all the measurements are based on tāla[1] being referred as the basic unit. The images and associated figures are to be made as per this tālamāna system.

The measurement of dvitāla[2] is adopted while preparing the images of birds like swan, dwarfish spirits such as Kuṣmāṇḍa and for the Matsyāvatāra of Viṣṇu.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Tāla means measurement of the length of the face, which is equal to the span.
  2. ↑ Dvitāla means two tālas or spans equal to 24 aṅgulas.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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Krishna Maheshwari, Deval Sancheti

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