Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.204
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.204
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"In the modern paintings on cloth embodying, very ancient traditions may be mentioned the paṭa paintings of Bengal and Purī in Orrissa. In older paṭas of Orissa we find that the cloth on which the painting was done was of even surface which was coated with a thin layer of plastic clay which was carefully pounded and usually mixed with cowdung and them beaten to thin paste. When dry, the surface was rubbed till it became smooth, and it was then ready for painting. This procedure is still followed by the paṭa painters of Bengal and Orissa.