Angula
The breadth of a person's own finger, the unit for their height. Brihat Samhita gives 108 angulas as tall, 96 as medium and 84 as short.
- Samudrika Shastra
- हिंदी: अंगुल
What is the rule behind Angula?
Height is measured in the person's own angulas, the breadth of their own finger: 108 angulas is tall, 96 medium and 84 short. The same 108 measure is used for images of deities.
Source: Brihat Samhita
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Related terms
- KalapurushaThe person of time, on whose body Jyotish places the twelve signs, from Aries at the head to Pisces at the feet.
- TalaThe length of the face, from hairline to chin, used by image-making texts such as Manasara to measure a figure. A living adult is about nine to ten talas tall.
- Brihat SamhitaVarahamihira's 6th-century work, the main source of Samudrika, with chapters on the marks of men, the five great men and women. Editions number the chapters differently.
- Chhaya (lustre)The lustre or presence a person gives off, of five kinds named after the five elements. It is a reader's impression and never skin colour.
- Hasta SamudrikaThe hand as one part of Samudrika. The palmistry subject teaches the hand; a reader who reads both reads the body first, then the hand.
- SaraIn Charaka Samhita, the tissue or quality best developed in a person, of eight kinds from skin to mind (sattva). It belongs to a physician's examination; a Samudrika reader only names it.
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What does Angula mean in Samudrika Shastra?
The breadth of a person's own finger, the unit for their height. Brihat Samhita gives 108 angulas as tall, 96 as medium and 84 as short. Height is measured in the person's own angulas, the breadth of their own finger: 108 angulas is tall, 96 medium and 84 short. The same 108 measure is used for images of deities.
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