Canvas: 1 definition
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Canvas means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (shilpa)The Canvas used for Painting in ancient India was commonly represented as a plastered wall, and can be denoted by the Sanskrit terms Kuḍya or Bhitta.—Canvas is a kind of surface on which a painter can draw a picture. In ancient time walls are seen to be plastered with different substances and these were prepared for Painting. The plastered wall which was used as canvas is known as kuḍya or bhitti. The process of preparing those walls for Painting was called as kuḍyanirmāṇa or bhittinirmāṇa. [...] In the Mānasollāsa also, lime is prescribed to make a canvas. The mixture, thus prepared for canvas is mixed with vālukā i.e., sand and it should be soaked in water having śakala i.e., the scales of a fish and then the mixture should be kept aside for a month for drying.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+135): Pattaja, Kittan, Kutaru, Civata, Pata, Rajasana, Syuta, Makacivattha, Gudara, Kiramica, Citravastra, Potthaka, Potthalika, Kittankattil, Kalatani, Hridayakasha, Kittanpay, Kuraippay, Patamandapa, Patakuti.
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Search found 65 books and stories containing Canvas; (plurals include: Canvases). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
In the Canvas of the Sky < [July – September, 1982]
Towards Enlightenment < [April – June, 2007]
Indelible Impressions < [January – March, 1981]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
5. Preparation of Canvas before Painting < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]
5. The Viṣṇudharmottara-purāṇa and the Modern Paintings < [Chapter 6 - Modern Relevance of Different Art Forms and Architecture]
2. The Importance of the Term Citra < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 4.2.8 (Proof of their existence) < [Chapter 2 - Of Tangible Atomic Products]
Sūtra 4.1.3 (Law of Causation) < [Chapter 1 - Of Atoms]
Sūtra 4.2.9 (A-sexual bodies, how produced.—continued) < [Chapter 2 - Of Tangible Atomic Products]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 14: Sixth incarnation as Vajrajaṅgha < [Chapter I]
Part 4: Episode of the swan < [Chapter III - Vasudeva’s Marriage with Kanakavatī and her Former Incarnations]
Part 10: Lakṣmaṇa’s household < [Chapter VIII - The abandonment of Sītā]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 34 - In Praise of Jñānavāpī < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Chapter 196 - Bṛhadbala Proceeds to the city of Ānarta < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 33 - Description of Jñānavāpī < [Section 1 - Pūrvārdha]
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)