Chitra (art)

A reproduced portion of 5th-century chitra from Ajanta fresco, at Musee Guimet, Paris

Chitra or citra is an Indian genre of art that includes painting, sketch and any art form of delineation.[1][2] The earliest mention of the term Chitra in the context of painting or picture is found in some of the ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism and Pali texts of Buddhism.[3]

  1. ^ Monier Monier Williams 2007.
  2. ^ Isabella Nardi 2007, pp. 294–295.
  3. ^ Ananda K. Coomaraswamy 1930, pp. 42–43.