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The linga proper is divided into 'acala' and 'cala'. The 'cala'
variety is of six typos in accordance with the substances.
They are made of Ratnas, metals etc. The Agni Purana, Chapter
54, V. 13 says about this 'cala' type. The fallic emblems
made of the precious stones known as the Maharatna, shall
measure six fingers each; those made of the other gems shall
have a length or height of nine fingers each; those of gold
shall measure twelve fingers and the rest fifteen fingers.
The fallic emblem of the 'cala' class, those usually worshipped
in a household, shall measure upto fifteen fingers.
The Manusa or man-made lingas form the largest group of
the Sthira-lingas and are made up of three parts known as
Brahma-bhaga, Visnu-bhaga and Rudra-bhaga (or p奴jabh膩ga).
According to the Agni Purana (Chapter 53, 1 - 4), a rectangular
block of stone is to be marked as divided length-wise into two
equal divisions, the lower half of which is to be divided in its
turn into eight equal parts. Three such parts are to be left
out and the remaining five should be divided breadthwise into
three parts, the first of which is to be called Brahma-bh膩ga,
the second Vismu-bhaga and the last or the lowest part being
known as the Siva-bhaga, which shall be larger than the other
two parts and over whose four angles of division at the upper
extremity, a square is to be drawn, thus dividing the part known
as Visnubhaga into an octagonal block. The Purana says,
"Divide the same again into a block containing thirty two sides,
and then the same again into one of sixty four and then turn it