[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949) › c6.25 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.25 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.25 - **Language:** English ### [c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.25) The \*Avaśyakachūrṇi\*¹³, while discussing the various constituents of a \*sūtra\*, i.e., \*bhāṣā\*, ‘definition’, \*vibhāṣā\*, ‘option’, and \*vārttā\* ‘annotation’, cites the example of painting. When on the wall the right proportion of a figure is obtained it is then called \*bhāṣā\* or definition of painting; when its various limbs are defined then the \*vibhāṣā\* stage is reached and when the eyes, etc., are painted then the \*vārttā\* or annotation stage is reached. - [Previous: c6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.24) - [Next: c6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.26) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c6.25) · Pramāṇa