Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.172

v2.c76.172

Thus Painting and half-visible reliefs, Citrābhāsa and Ardha Citra are the two that are done on walls. These facts are not taken into consideration by Dr. A. K. Coomaraswamy. Consequently, he connects (Ashutos Mukerjee Commemoration Volume, Part, I, p. 50) the Vaiṇika of the *Viṣṇudharmottara* with the ‘Rasa Citra’ of Śrī Kumāra and says that both are identical. Surely Rasa also means emotion and emotion is associated with Vīṇā from which is derived by him the Vaiṇika type. But when one sees the clear definition of Rasa Citra given by Someśvara from whom Śrī Kumāra borrows his knowledge, one will be best assured of the fact that Rasa Chitra is another kind of ‘Koḷam,’ related to the Dhūli Citra, the word ‘Rasa here meaning *drava*.