Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.49

v2.c78.s2.49

**Types of pictures.**—We are familiar with the universal scope of painting, as echoed in Śilparatna perhaps got from Bāṇa—vide Kā (3), the town illustrating the picture of the universe, the Royal household displaying the manifold and wonderful features of the inmates of the three worlds through pictorial lines (pictures in art galleries) and picture houses are adorned with paintings of leaves (foliage decorations) and birds of various hues.