Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c72.23

v2.c72.23

The fourth notable contribution of this work is the equal prominence given to the pictorial art in the studies on Hindu Iconography. A critical and systematic treatment of the Citrajā images from the Śāstric point of view is the first attempt, and the compilation of the Citra-lakṣaṇa is a pioneering attempt in which all the principal literary sources like V. D., S. S., A. P., Ab. C. (Mānasollāsa) and S. R. have been fully exhausted under as many as 22 headings. Thus the Hindu canons of Painting based on as many as five principal and four subsidiary texts is the pioneer attempt systematised under the principal canons of art—vide Pt. III of this work and the separate edition under the title.