Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.87

v2.c78.s2.87

Śrīharṣa, a gifted genius of a very bold nature and freedom loving scholar is credited to have violated the rules of painting, gone astray from the conventions as set out in the standard Śilpa-texts like Śilparatna (though later than Srīharṣa nevertheless echoing the tradition) which forbids naked tapasvilīlā in the human dwellings vide N. C. XVIII (5).