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Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)

A Charming Dress is associated withe the Erotic Sentiment (śṛṅgāra), which refers to one of the Nine Sentiments (citrarasa) in ancient Indian Painting (citra), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa says that in a Painting the charming dress and ornaments with splendor and luster, expresses the erotic sentiment. [...] Thus, painting is a medium of showing the inner feelings and emotions of a painter which can strikes the inherent sentiments of connoisseur’s mind, for example: a charming dress in the Erotic sentiment.

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Partial matches: Dress.

Full-text: Ornament, Erotic, Shringara.

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Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)

7(h): Connection of Sentiments with the Paintings < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]

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Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)

Chapter 10 - Manifestation of Mohinī

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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 80 - The Greatness of Viṣṇu < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]

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