Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.21

c6.21

There are also many passages in Jain literature which praise the technical efficiency of the painters. In the *Avaśyakaṭīkā*¹¹ a couplet trying to establish the correctness of the maxim ‘Experience in profession means perfection’, quotes the example of a painter. The *Chūrṇi* explains that by constant practice the painter is able to get correct proportions (*pramāṇa*) of the figures without having recourse to measurement.