Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.42

v2.c75.42

Something has already been said in the 'Introduction' regarding this part. Here a little more may be added to bring home to the readers not only the angle of the treatment; but also the introduction of the new elements in Indian icons and their iconology. Regarding the former, it may be said that the exposition of the Pratīmā-lakṣaṇa, does not only confine itself to the objective treatment of the icons alone as such, but their individual evolutions in relation to their cult-ideology, artistic developments (i. e. iconographic evolutions and associated comminglings) and a critical analysis of their sway over Indian life as a whole in the cultural context of this great sub-continent, have also found a place in this treatment. In this survey a good many new propositions have been advanced and theories propounded, explanations and interpretations put forward to attract the attention of the scholars to these new factors whose estimation has been a long dessedaratum. A few instances, in this connection, may be cited: