Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s10.11

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c9.s10.11

In the *Mānasollāsa*67, this pencil is designated as *vartikā* and the following formula for its manufacture is given. "Lampblack is pounded with boiled rice from which water has been drained. Then from this paste, pencils (*vartikā*) were moulded in the shape of new shoots."

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Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit