Question

During the 1st century BC, the Shadanga or Six Limbs of Indian Painting were evolved. Find the one which of these was not one such limb:
A. Rupabheda
B. Sadrisyam
C. Lavanya Yojanam
D. Nitiniveshakam

Answer 1

Hint: Shadanga is one of the rules of the art of painting written during the ancient period. It is a word consisting of two very important words, one is shad, which means 6 and the other one is anga, which means part. Shadanga consists of the six limbs, or canons of art, on which the whole art of painting depends.

Complete answer:
Around the 1st century BC, the Shadanga or Six Limbs of Indian Painting were popular. Vatsyayana during 3rd century AD explains these in his Kamasutra. These are:
Rupabheda: The knowledge of appearance
Pramanam: Correct perception, measure and structure
Bhava: Action of feelings om forms
Lavanya Yojanam: Infusion of grace, artistic representation
Sadrisyam: Similitude
VarnikaBhanga: It is the artistic manner of using the brush and colours
The subsequent development of painting by the Buddhists is indicating these six limbs. These were kept into practice by Indian artists. These are the basic principles on which art was founded.

Thus the correct option is D.

Note: The word shadanga is very well elaborated in a text Vishnu dharmottara purana As most of us are aware of the lord of dance shiva Nataraj, and the divine architect Vishwakarma, so because Lord Vishnu was the first painter according to Hindu mythology, who drew the image of Urvashi on his thigh with mango leaf and infuse the life into it to break the proud of Indra. This is the story of Nara- Narayan from Bhagavata Purana and depicted in the form of a sculpture in Dashavatara temple in Deogarh.