A Buddhist Emblem and its Counterpart
surmounting the gatepost of the Buddhist stupa at Sānchī, c. 50 B.C., are pairs of enigmatic symbolical sculptures sometimes described as <i>triśūlas</i>: there is no closer parallel than a bronze statuette from Luristan (A. Godard, Bronzes du Luristan, no. 195).
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| Format: | Print Article |
| In: | Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan Year: 1963, Volume: 8, Pages: 1-4, 7 fig. |
| KeiBi Identifier: | 29:1360 |
| All Reviews: | DLZ 88 (1967) 430-431 (F. F. Schwarz) |
| Summary: | surmounting the gatepost of the Buddhist stupa at Sānchī, c. 50 B.C., are pairs of enigmatic symbolical sculptures sometimes described as <i>triśūlas</i>: there is no closer parallel than a bronze statuette from Luristan (A. Godard, Bronzes du Luristan, no. 195). |
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