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This article presents a translation of a Hindi text on the theory of proportion of images, it compares some of its prescriptions to those of important Sanskrit textual sources on the subject; and explains the ways in which a traditional sculptor in Jaipur uses its precepts.
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This article is important to anyone interested in the theory of proportion of images in the study of Indian traditional arts.
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This page is a summary of: “Nakśā yād dāst pratimā ke pramān kā”: An Unpublished Hindi Source on the Theory of Proportion of Images, South Asian Studies, January 2004, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/02666030.2004.9628638.
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