रूपमण्डन एवं देवमूर्त्ति-प्रकरणम् (मण्डन सूत्रधार - प्राचीन मूर्तिकला एवं देव-प्रतिमा लक्षण सटीक)

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Brahmagupta in 628 A. D., the Viṣṇudharmottara must have been
compiled between 628 and 1000 A. D. Sect. III, too, is of a very
miscellaneous character, treating of dancing, singing and music,
sculpture and painting (the making of images of gods) and archi-
tecture (construction of temples).”
The Matsya-Purāṇa, the Padma-Purāṇa, the Skanda-
Purāṇa and the Brahma-Purāṇa were also used for the (Śiva)
Liṅga and (Viṣṇu) Śālāgrāma sections ; and passages from the
Bṛhat-Saṁhitā, have been quoted verbatim, in the Adbhuta
section.
Another text, more sparingly consulted, is the Viśvakarma-
Śāstra. This is certainly a Śilpa work of the Northern School²¹.
But the work most profusely drawn upon, often verbatim,
is certainly the Rūpamaṇḍana²². This may be identical with
the text of the same name²³, the authorship of which is ascribed to
Maṇḍana himself.
21. Haridas Mitra : Buddhāpratimālakṣaṇam. The Sārasvatī Bhavana
Skt. Series, Benares ; No. 48. Introduction p. 3. Also, see Note 27. Supra.
22. T. A. Gopinatha Rao : Elements of Hindu Iconography. Vol. I,
Part II.
23. See Section 1. Supra.