[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) › c9.s3.2 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s3.2 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s3.2) In the medieval Sanskrit texts on painting, various shades of red are described. Thus in the \*Mānasollāsa\*¹², the crude cinnabar (\*darada\*) stands for blood red; the lac-dye (\*alaktaka\*) stands for lake red, and the red ochre (\*gairika\*) for venetian red. In the \*Silparatna\*¹³, the red lead (\*sindūra\*) is called soft red (\*mridurakta\*), the red ochre, as middle red, and the lac-dye, as deep red. - [Previous: c9.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s3.1) - [Next: c9.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s3.3) - [Up: c9.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s3) ## Cites (2) - [Śilparatna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.dravida.silparatna) — Śrīkumāra (Śilparatna) 1500, Sanskrit - [Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.manasollasa) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s3.2) · Pramāṇa