Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.208

v2.c74.s2.208

With this general introduction to this subject, I may now proceed with their elaboration in the text of the Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra which has treated this subject very systemstically by devoting three separate chapters to the technique of poses and postures, the depiction of which in the domain of art, both sculptural and pictorial, has been a living tradition in India.