Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v1.c45.2

v1.c45.2

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.