[Sanskrit]

sadanga

[the six limbs or essential elements of painting: distinction of forms (rupábheda), proportion, arrangement of line and mass, design, harmony, perspective (pramana), the emotion or aesthetic feeling expressed by the form (bhava), the seeking of beauty and charm for the satisfaction of the aesthetic spirit (lavanya), correspondence, truth of the form and its suggestion sadrishya, the turn, combination, harmony of colours varnikabhanga].