Alternative spellings of this word include Sudhachurna.

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Shilpashastra (iconography)

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

Sudhācūrṇa (सुधाचूर्ण) refers to “powder of lime” and represents one of the various substances used in the process of creating a Canvas, in the ancient Indian art of 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.—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 (i.e., sudhācūrṇa) and these were prepared for Painting. [...] For the process of kuḍya i.e., plastering on a wall, the painter needs iṣṭakācūrṇa i.e., powder of bricks and mṛd i.e., clay as basic ingredients. [...] Along with this mixture, some more ingredients [viz., sudhācūrṇa i.e., powder of lime, ... etc.] should be mingled. After that, the mixture should be transferred to a touch stone mortar for the process of pounding.

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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: Curna, Sudha, Cuta.

Full-text: Sudha.

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

5. Preparation of Canvas before Painting < [Chapter 5 - Painting and Image Making]

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