Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.232
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c77.232
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**The application of the Rasa theory to Citra.**—It follows from the above-mentioned fact that Citra is based on Nāṭya, that the critics of old applied the Rasa theory of Nāṭya, and Kāvya to Citra as well. As a matter of fact the Rasa theory applies to all arts. So it is that, while speaking of the kinds of pictures in the section on Painting in his Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi (Mysore ed.), king Someśvara speaks of one type of picture called Bhāva-citra: