Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c78.s2.88

v2.c78.s2.88

**Process.**—In drawing of the outline of a picture the first thing, to go through, is fixing up the general proportions by preliminary indicative lines what are called the sūtrapāta-lekhā and Śrīharṣa makes mention of the artistic device of determining sketch in VII and XV (6).