Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.30

v2.c76.30

Aṇḍakas in pictorial technique and the conventions thereof are a contribution of the Samarāṅgaṇa, though hinted at also in the Viṣṇudharmottaram. It would, therefore, seem an innovation. Aṇḍaka-measurements really aim at the drawing of the model of a picture characteristic of the picture to be drawn out and so Aṇḍakas are really an index of the picture and a martix of its perfection. The writer has made an attempt to expound this technique from his own light as there was no light forthcoming.