Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.111

v2.c76.111

**Its aim.**—A text like Viṣṇudharmottara (forming the component part of the Viṣṇu-mahā-purāṇa) itself unequivocally eulogises painting having its both religious and secular use. It says (vide Citralakṣaṇa, p. 4); citra, the painting is the finest or fine arts. We can get all kinds of merits accruing from Dharma, Artha, Kāma and Mokṣa. It is the first of the auspicious things in one’s house. It is as superior as Sumeru among the mountains, as Garuḍa among the birds and as king among men.