Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.1

v2.c77.1

The 74th Chapter of the S.S. entitled "Aṇḍaka-pramāṇam" is unique in the respect that it has practically exhausted all the possible scope of the Aṇḍaka-measurements, which in its turn represents the scope of the painting itself (vide II Chap.). Further more these prescriptions of the Aṇḍaka-measurements are a unique feature of this text. Such an elaboration in any treatise on the paintings (including Viṣṇudharmottara) is not to be found. Further again all these Aṇḍaka-measurements are characteristic of pictorial images and, therefore, they are unique for their innovations in relation to existing canons of paintings. Again it may be noted that the very first line of this chapter (74th) promises us body-dimensions—Kāyapramāṇa also, which are described in the subsequent chapter entitled "Mānotpatti" (the 75th) and hence both these chapters read together, give all the required proportions. (cf. also Cit. Laks. p. 16)