Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.46

v2.c78.s2.46

**Bāṇabatta:** The celebrated prose-writer, the author of the celestial Kādambarī and magnificient Harṣacarita, Bāṇṇbhatta, for whom it is an eloquent tribute to have exhausted everything worth describing in three words—वणोच्छिष्टं जगत्सर्वम्—has equally excelled all in his mastery of the pictorial art, the scope of which, as we have already seen, is the depiction of all the three world (cf. Śilparatna जङ्गमाःस्थावरा etc.) It was, therefore, not in vain that as a youth he moved in the company of friends and companions of various professions including an artist and a sculptor अभवंश्चास्य वयसा समानाः सुहृदः सहायाश्च—चित्रकृद्वीरवर्मा...पुस्तकृत्कु मारदत्त : H. C.