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Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s7.t2.18

Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s7.t2.18

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c9.s7.t2.18

(10) Verdigris and peoṛī, one *t.* each, yield a parrot feather green (*sūyāpaṅkha*).
(11) Pure (*amlasār*) sulphur 4 *t.*, indigo 2 *t.* yield sky blue.
(12) Cinnabar 1 *t.*, indigo 2 *t.*, pothī-red one *rattī*, and zinc-white one *t.*, yield shade of brinjal.
(13) Zinc-white 4 *t.*, and peoṛī 2 *t.*, yield pale yellow (*pāṇḍura*).
(14) Indigo 1 *t.*, peoṛī 2 *t.*, lac-dye, black ink and red lead three drops each yield mango green (*āmbarāṅga*).
(15) Lampblack (*syāhī*) and pothī-red one *t.*, each yield a musk shade.
(16) Red lead 4 *t.*, and indigo 3 *t.*, yield *khākī* colour.
(17) Zinc-white 4 *t.* and mango green 1 *t.*, yield *argajā* (muddy brown) colour.
(18) Peoṛī and pothī two *t.*, each, yield *chokhā* (?) colour.
(19) Zinc-white 3 *t.* and peoṛī 1 *t.*, mixed with wheat brown, yield the shade of wood. (20-21) Zinc-white, red lead or red ochre and zinc-white, yield the body colour of the Mughals (*mughlīraṅg*).
(22) Zinc-white and peoṛī yield fair body colour.
(23) Red lead and orpiment yield wheat colour.
(24) Peoṛī and indigo yield yellowish blue.
(25) Orpiment and indigo yield mango-leaf green.
(26) Zinc-white and indigo yield sky colour.
(27) Zinc-white, peoṛī and red ochre, yield the colour of matted locks (*jaṭā*).
(28) Red lead and peoṛī yield the colour of lion.
(29) Zinc-white, indigo and red lead, yield *abjī* colour. (30-31) Zinc-white, orpiment and indigo yield elephant gray. Zinc-white, red lead and orpiment also yield the same shade.
(32) Indigo, lampblack, red lead and orpiment, yield the shade of yellow peoṛī.