Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s6.8

c13.s6.8

⁹⁷ Citta or painting is mentioned in the Kuṭṭanīmata (vs 124, 236) among various arts to be studied by a courtesan The following six great requisites of painting are mentioned knowledge of appearances, correct perception, measure and structure of forms, action of feelings on forms infusion of grace or artistic representation, similitude and artistic manner of using brush and colours (P B I, p 316), see also A K Coomaraswamy's Mediaeval Sinhalese Art pp 164 ff