Alternative spellings of this word include Chitrardha.

In Hinduism

Shilpashastra (iconography)

Source: Shodhganga: The significance of the mūla-beras (śilpa)

Citrārdha (चित्रार्ध) or Ardhacitra refers to a “high relief sculpture” and represents a classification of Hindu images, as defined in the texts dealing with śilpa (arts and crafs), known as śilpaśāstras.—There is another classification of images into three kinds—chitra (depiction of a painting-two dimensional), chitrārdha/ardha-chitra (high relief sculpture) and chitrabhāsa (relief sculpture). Chitrārdha is an image in which half the body is not seen. It is to be done with mineral colours. It is known bhittyādaulagna-bhāvenāpy-ardhaṃ (when half of its being is attached to a wall or the surface).

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Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Citrārdha (ಚಿತ್ರಾರ್ಧ):—[noun] (archit.) a half relief or an image half of whose body is shown.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Ardha, Citra.

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Arts in the Puranas (study) (by Meena Devadatta Jeste)

3. Origin of the art of Painting < [Chapter 5 - Painting in the Puranas]

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