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Essay name: Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences)

Author: Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit

This essay in English studies the Manasollasa authored by Someshvara III, representing an ancient encyclopedic work encompassing over 8,000 Sanskrit verses. The text addresses diverse topics like polity, political sciences, architecture, jurisprudence, iconography, idol-making, and various arts and sciences such as mathematics.

Chapter 4 - Fine arts in Manasollassa

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42 (of 100)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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made of hair from the ear of a calf. Some of these were
used in drawing the outline, others for colouring, and
84 some of them were used for shading.
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(preparation of colours) also forms an important subject.
Somesvara divides colours into two types; one is pure-
85 colour and the other is mixed colour.
The material
used in colouring also led to the classification of citra
into Rasa Citra and Dhūli-Citra.
Rasa Citra refers to
paintings which are drawn with liquid colour. Colour
was mixed with water or oil; this is quite clear from
86 the Mānasollasa. Dhūlī-Citra, on the other hand, is
87 paintéd with dry (powdered ) colour.
83. कनिष्ठकापरिणाहां भागद्वयसमायताम� �
घनवेणु समुद्भूतां नलिकां परिकल्पयेत� �
तदग्रे ताम्रज� शङ्क� यवमात्रं विनिक्षिपेत्
तावन्मात्र� बहिः कुर्यात्तिन्दुनामेरितं बुधै� �
कज्जलं भक्तसिक्थे� मृदित्वा कर्णिकाकृतिम� �
वर्तिं कृत्वा तय� लेख्यं वर्तिक� ना� सा भवेत� �
वत्सकर्णसमुद्भूतरोमाण्यादा� यत्नतः �
तूलिकाग्रे न्यसेत्तान� लाक्षाबन्ध� - योगत� � [kaniṣṭhakāpariṇāhā� bhāgadvayasamāyatām |
ghanaveṇu samudbhūtā� nalikā� parikalpayet ||
tadagre tāmraja� śaṅku yavamātra� vinikṣipet
tāvanmātra� bahi� kuryāttindunāmerita� budhai� ||
kajjala� bhaktasikthena mṛditvā karṇikākṛtim |
varti� kṛtvā tayā lekhya� vartikā nāma sā bhavet ||
vatsakarṇasamudbhūtaromāṇyādāya yatnata� |
tūlikāgre nyasettāni lākṣābandhana - yogata� ||
]
3.1.151-154�
84. स्थूलय� लेपन� कार्यं तिर्यगाहितया तथ� �
अङ्कनं मध्यमा कुर्यादगपार्श्वनिविष्टया ||
सूक्ष्मय� � तय� सूक्ष्मा� लेखा� कुर्वी� कोविदः �
अगेण चित्रक� धीमान् चित्रविद्याविशारदः � [sthūlayā lepana� kārya� tiryagāhitayā tathā |
aṅkana� madhyamā kuryādagapārśvaniviṣṭayā ||
sūkṣmayā ca tayā sūkṣmā� lekhā� kurvīta kovida� |
ageṇa citrako dhīmān citravidyāviśārada� ||
]
3.1.156-157.
85. भिन्नवर्णेषु रूपेषु भिन्नो वर्ण� प्रयुज्यते �
[bhinnavarṇeṣu rūpeṣu bhinno varṇa� prayujyate |
]
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मिश्रवर्णेषु रूपेषु मिश्रो वर्ण� प्रयुज्यते �
[miśravarṇeṣu rūpeṣu miśro varṇa� prayujyate ||
]
86. भावचित्र� तदाख्यात� चित्रकौतुककारकम्
[bhāvacitra� tadākhyāta� citrakautukakārakam
]
3.1.164.
सद्रवैर्वर्णकैर्लेख्यं रसचित्रं विचक्षणै� � [sadravairvarṇakairlekhya� rasacitra� vicakṣaṇai� || ] 3.1.942.
87. रसधूलिगत� प्रोक्तं मानसोल्लासपुस्तक� |
[rasadhūligata� prokta� mānasollāsapustake |
]
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निर्मितं चित्रलक्ष्मेदं चित्रं लोचनहारकम् � [nirmita� citralakṣmeda� citra� locanahārakam || ] 3.1.9440

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