Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c76.94

v2.c76.94

The 46th chapter of the Śiḻparatna (Pt. I) entitled ‘Citra-lakṣaṇa’ gives all the salient canons both of the technique as well as the conventions of the painting which had been evolved by the time and were current in its day. Its expatiations follow more or less the line taken by the Abhilaṣitārtha-cintāmaṇi (already taken notice of), of course, with proper modifications and expansions. Its prescriptions on the different modes of Svarṇa-lekhāvidhi, are very rich indications of the pictorial art which had attained some of the most refined and embellished traits of the crafstmanship.