Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c72.21

v2.c72.21

The second contribution, which I can claim, is the systematic presentation of the canons of Iconography in which the materials of the authoritive compendia like the Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra and Aparājita-pracchā have been included for the first time in the modern studies on Indian Iconography. Further again, in the canons, a good many new topics like the aestheticism, (the Rasa and Rasadṛṣṭis), Installation (Pratiṣṭhā, Pratimā and Prāsāda—both ritualistic and artistic) and a new interpretation of the Doctrine of Mudrās along with a notice of the principal texts on the sources of iconography and a brief outline of the sculptural sources and a valuable hint at the furtherance of these sculptural studies in future—all these may be viewed as an advancement in furtherance of these studies.