The ancient and medieval architecture of India: a study of Indo-Aryan civilisation
THE SERPENT OF ETERNITY 53 beattributed to the politicalgenius ofthe Buddhist leadersin adapting theirpropaganda to the traditio ...
54 BUDDHIST PROPAGANDA most successful propagandists of Buddhism amongthe un- culturednon-Aryan masses ; foritiseasyto believeth ...
CHAPTER V SYMBOLISM THE LOTUS-LEAF ARCH, OR SUN-WINDOW—PILLARS, CAPITALS, AND BASES THE VISHNU STANDARD AND PILLAR—THE HOLY MOUN ...
56 SUN-WINDOWS aureoleofaseated figureofthedivinity,the formofwhichwas associatedin the mindofthedevoutwith the lotusleaf. The o ...
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PILLARS 57 aspect, as Avalokit^shvara— the Lord who looks down from above. The consecration of structural forms, originally deri ...
58 THE SYMBOLISM OF PILLARS smoothlyplaned " and decoratedwithpennons, served tomark outthe holyground. RamRiz givesinteresting ...
SYMBOLISM OF THE LOTUS 59 times, the fruit of Nelumbium speciosum, the sacred lotus of ^gypt (fig. 22) has always been regarded ...
6o THE WATER-LILY openingbynight,had adifferentshape (fig. 24) and asomewhat differentsymbolicimplication. Itwasthejar whichcont ...
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THE HOLY MOUNT 6i oftheroadwaywithcocoa-nut flowersand ornamentalplantain trees." ' Another motifwhichisusedbothstructurallyandd ...
62 SYMBOLISM OF VISHNU'S PILLAR eithersideofit. Behind thethrone isthestandard, the shaft builtupofsixfruitsofthe blueorwhite wa ...
THE SIKHARA 63 asthe full moon. Within itsfruitistheChitamdni, thejewel ofThought, andhereSiva dwells in bodilyform as Brahma, w ...
64 THE DATURA SYMBOL Theflowerandfruit in combination were usedas the decora- tive motif of the cross-brackets (fig. 26a) placed ...
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CHAPTER VI THE CHAITYA-GRIHA, OR BUDDHIST CHAPTER-HOUSE — THE RAISOND'ETRE OF ROCK-CUT TEMPLES AND MONASTERIES THE KARLEROCK-CUT ...
66 THE VILLAGE CHAITYA-HOUSE intheirtemple-buildingusuallyfollowedthe structuraltradition of theBrahmanical sects. The chapter-h ...
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