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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Ultramarine azure knownas Lajvart or Rajvart (Raj) is a kind of blue used to depict sky even in Ajanta murals. It has therefore an ancient origin.
The Lapis-Lazuli blue from which ultramarine is extracted is almost exclusively found in Badakshan and Persia. Persian Laz vart meaning lapis lazuli, is the source of ultramarine ozure. It could also be said that the stones were imported from Persia so also the ready made colour, But there is no mention of its manufacture in the Sanskrit literature or texts. All paper period Jain Mss and Mughal painting of good quality seem to use lapis lazuli for sky from the 15th Century onwards. Technically lapis - lazuli blue contains other material such as calcite white and iron pyrite which sparkle like gold but do not render a fast blue. colour. When applied on paper it, produces a granular feel like sand paper.
Yellow Pigment: A colour extracted from yellow ochres i. e. yellow Khadias. This was used extensively in Rajsthani Painting. Vishnudharmottara, mentions. orpiment, haritalaHartal in Rajasthani language, as yellow pigment. In early Jain paintings and manuscripts hartal, or orpiment, was mainly used for correcting texts. There are two kinds of orpiments, dagdi and vargi; only the latter is used as orpiment. It is found in nature in the form of stone which is actually sulphide of arsenic. It comes in shades of yellow but mostly tend towards orange. Raw, Khadia, sparkles like mica and gives a golden effect.
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