Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.41

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**N. B.** (*ii*) Further again there is another text ‘Śiva-tatva-ratnākara of Bāsava Rāja (VI. 2), a late senventeenth or early eighteenth century compilation of Kannada origin. Besides these texts there are innumerable references to paintings in general literature which also add much to our knowledge of technique and the traditions of Indian Art. Dr. Coomarswamy has made a valuable collection (cf. One hundred references to Indian painting and further references to painting in India, Artibus Asiae, IV, pp. 41f. and 126f.; also “Transformation of nature in art”, Harvard University Press, 1924, Chapter III and Bibliography) in this direction; and the rich collection of these references, as gathered together from Brahmanical, Bauddha and Jain literature, present a good deal of material for our study on this technical side of Indian painting.