Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.112

v2.c78.s2.112

**Daṇḍī.**—In his Daśakumāracarita corroborates this meaning of Samudgaka as colour box—vide ucc. II. p. 99—मणिसमुद्गकात् वर्णवर्तिकामुद्धृत्य etc. where also are given some very important clues of the technique of painting like ‘Niryāsa’ and ‘Kalka’ (already explained in the body of this book) (cf. also ‘Vartikā and Background’ chap. IV). These are related to the elucidation of the nature of colours also—cf. under Kālidāsa.