Addendum: Some Sanskrit Texts on Painting

V. Raghavan

Addendum: Some Sanskrit Texts on Painting

Vol. 9 · No. 4December - 1933pp. 1041–1042English

Summary

This addendum to the earlier article “Some Sanskrit Texts on Painting” provides corrections and additional references. It corrects the names of texts cited, such as reading “Kāvyanūśāsanavyākhyā-alaṃkāra-cūḍāmaṇi” instead of “Kāvyālaṃkāra-vivṛta,” and clarifies references to works by Bhartṛhari and Kavi-raja. The author adds notes on the concept of citraturaga-nyāya (the picture of a horse) used to explain the experience of drama as analogous to viewing a painting. He cites a stanza comparing delicate lines and shading in painting to the grace of a maiden and mentions that painting is based on likeness (nṛtya). The addendum also notes that the relation between painting and dramatic performance is elucidated by writers like Bhoja and Śrī Harsa. These additions enrich the discussion of theoretical frameworks for painting in Sanskrit literature.

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The addendum enhances the original survey by correcting textual references and elaborating on metaphors that link painting and other arts. It underscores the importance of accuracy in citing Sanskrit works and demonstrates how even minor additions can deepen our understanding of classical art theory.

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“Yaimana’s comparison एवं drama to picture in his KAS. and Vr., L उप, 30-31 and my explanation of it given in the article re- ceive further light from the dramotic theory expounded ULy the com- mentator on Bharata, Sainkuka, viz., the theory of Citra-turaga, the picture of 8 horse.”
“If Dhvani applies to Citra also, what does Xnandavardhana (and his followers after him) mean by comparing to and calling ‘Citra’ the third-rate poetic composition specialising in mere dexterity of figures and verbal”
“These two writers, the grentest of our literary critics, considered poetry as superior to. the art of painting which, they thought, was bereft of rich sugges. tion एव emotions,”

Works cited in this article

Bhartrhari's Valyapadiya
Bhoja's Srigaraprakase
JAOS., (Murch 1942)

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People

Abhinava 8
Sainkuka
Xnandavardhana
Ananda 43
Coovmaraswamy
Hazlitt

Texts & works

JAOS
Valyapadiya
Srigaraprakase
Locana 7

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