Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c41.2
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c41.2
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Like the material of the Phallus, here in this chapter materials to be used in the images of the gods and goddesses in general are enumerated. They are seven—gold, silver, copper, stone, wood, lepya (clay-moulding) and citra and their respective virtues are extolled. Then follows the discipline to be undergone before undertaking this sacred task of image-making, keeping fast, offering oblations in the fire and practising japa and sleeping on ground, etc.