Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s9.1

c9.s9.1

Size.—In the *Viṣṇudharmottara Purāṇa*⁵³, the following formula for making the size is given :—"The buffalo hide clippings are boiled in water until they become soft like butter. The water then has to evaporate and sticks have to be made of the paste and dried in the sunshine. When required it is boiled in a mud vessel with water; it will make any colour fast with which it is fixed." A similar process for manufacturing the size is given in the *Mānasollāsa*⁵⁴. After describing the processes involved in the manufacture of the size, the author enjoins that, added in right proportion, it tempers the colours and stops their flaking.⁵⁵