[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c10.179 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.179 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c10.179 - **Language:** English ### [c10.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.179) Red is the colour of the sun, of Brahmâ, the Creator, and of the solar sphere, the abode of those spirits who have finished their earthly transmigration. The old Buddhist chronicles relate that King Harsha’s father daily offered to Surya, the Sun-god, a bunch of red lotuses set in a pure vessel of ruby, and tinged, like his own heart, with the same hue.¹ - [Previous: c10.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.178) - [Next: c10.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.180) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c10.179) · Pramāṇa