Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.80

v2.c76.80

**Aparajitapraccha.**—It is also a very important text on Vāstu-śāstra. It is contemporary to the Samarāṅgaṇa-Sūtradhāra and a detailed notice of this work from the point of view of a critical and comparative estimation, may be seen in writer's Hindu Science of Architecture. It has a unique distinction to have expounded some of the current trends of the time in the depiction of the pictures, like natural sceneries, especially the animal kingdom, the birds and beasts, as well as the pleasing phenomena of the plants and the trees, leaves and flowers. It has also given a valuable record of the six styles of this art (Nāgara, Drāviḍa, Vesara, Kaliṅga, Yāmuna and Vyantara), as cultivated in so many centres of art in the great land of ours. The following chapters must give a peep into the pictorial treasure house of this magnificent work: