[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.s8.7 # Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s8.7 Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s8.7 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s8.7) In the Mānasollāsa⁵⁰, a detailed description of how to prepare gold powder is given. It seems that the vīraṇa grass with sharp pointed tips mixed with gold-leaf was levigated slowly with the pestle on a stone slab. Then the powder was put in a bronze vessel mixed with water; it was washed several times till the sand and dust were completely eliminated. After this, this gold powder (\*hemakalka\*) was ready to be used mixed with the size (\*vajralepa\*) in very small quantities. While applying gold to a painting, only the tip of the brush was dipped in the colour and only golden ornaments were painted with it. When the gold had dried, it was burnished with a boar’s tusk in order to impart gloss to the colour. - [Previous: c9.s8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s8.6) - [Next: c9.s8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s8.8) - [Up: c9.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s8) ## Cites (1) - [Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.manasollasa) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.chandra-1949.c9.s8.7) · Pramāṇa