The Development of Hindu Iconography c13.30

c13.30

It is however interesting to note that though a few texts contain detailed descriptions of the method of casting images, there are many others which remain silent about it. The earliest of the latter, as we have shown, lay down rules for making images in wood and clay, materials comparatively inexpensive and easily procurable. A devotee who wished to give some sort of permanency to the image of his god would naturally think about stone of various kinds; and texts incorporated in the Purāṇas and Āgamas give minute details.