Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.3
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.3
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After a very brief exposition of the background of Hindu Iconography—the Institution of worship—let us now take up the Canons of Iconography, the science and art of image-making. Here the first and foremost thought goes to the different iconographical sources that we have to take into our account. There are primarily two principal sources, the literary and the artistic. Both these traditions, the Śāstra and the Sthāpatya must be purviewed before the scientific canons are to be expounded. Accordingly this topic of the sources of the Study of Hindu Iconography will form the subject-matter of the first chapter of this part.