| Book: | Bharatbarsha | 
|---|---|
| Title of Article/Essay: | Bharat Chitracharcha | 
| Translated Title of Article/Essay: | (The Practice of Indian Arts) | 
| Author: | Akshay Kumar Maitreya | 
| Editor: | Jaladhar Sen | 
| Date, Year: | Sep-Oct 1921 | 
| Reference Type: | Periodical Article | 
| Language: | Bengali | 
| Volume: | 10, Part-1 | 
| Issue: | 4 | 
| Pages: | 481-487 | 
| Publisher: | Gurudas Chattopadhyay and Sons | 
| Place Published: | Calcutta | 
| Country Published: | India | 
| Descriptive Tags: | Aesthetics, Rasa | 
| Remarks: | Discusses the six limbs of Indian painting during pre-Buddhist period. Elaborates on 'rupvedha' - the knowledge of appearance, 'bhava'- action of feelings of forms, 'sadrisyam'-similitude, 'lavanya yojanam'-artistic manner of using a brush, 'varnika bhanga'-artistic infusion of grace, pramanam-correct perception, maesure and structure enumerated by Vatsyanyana in Kamasutra and how these need to be incorporated in modern art practices. Note: Month of Publication is mentioned in text also as Ashwin, following the Bengali calendar. | 
| Where we found it: | Archive: Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Kolkata |