Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.9

v2.c74.s2.9

Here we may raise certain problems as starting points to fathom the unfathomed (though not unfathomable) ocean of Indian sculpture or better would be the analogy of the vast firmament with innumerable shining devas, devīs, sages, apsarās, gandharvas, kinnaras, yakṣas, nāgas, animals, and birds and hence for a comfortable flight, we need some device for our aerial sojourn.