Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c45: Chapter LXXIX.

Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c45

Language: English

Chapter LXXIX.

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Citroddeśa (The painting, its scope and the essential elements and implements).

This initial chapter on Painting opens with a fine eulogy to the pictorial art—the Citra as the mouth of all the arts and having a popular appeal. It then describes the three types of painting in relation to three types of background, Paṭa, Paṭṭa and Kuḍya. It then indicates the accessories like Vartikās, Plasters, colours and the Vartanī as well as measurements etc. etc. Then follows a detailed enumeration of the scope of the painting in relation to the divine, the mortals, animals and other beings. In the end are given eight essential constituents of the painting like Vartikā, Bhūmibandhan, Lekhya, Rekhā, Vartanā, colouring, etc. etc.

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CHAPTER LXXX.

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Bhūmibandha (The Vartikā and the backgrounds)

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First are enumerated the places from where clay to be used in Vartikā may be procured. Then follow the details of the procedure of moulding it into a ball in which a quantity of cooked rice is to be mixed according to the time of seasons. Then are given its respective dimensions for the respective uses i. e. whether it is used in apprenticeship or in the finished delineations.

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Then follows the process of the preparations of all the three types of background according to the three types of painting, namely the mural, the board and the cloth (Kuḍyabhūmibandhana, Paṭṭabhūmibandhana and the Paṭabhūmi-bandhana). For details see the Study (Vol. II).

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Samarāṅgaṇasūtradhāra — Bhoja, Sanskrit