Elements of Buddhist iconography, new 2nd edition, rev. & enl. in accordance with author's notes, ed. by Krishna Deva

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K

The present study deals with the basic symbols of Buddhist art, viz., the Tree of Life, the Earth-Lotus, the Word-Wheel, the Lotus-Throne, and the Fiery Pillar, and shows that these symbols can be traced back beyond their first representation in Buddhist Iconography through the anicomic period of the Brahmanical Vedas, even into the Rig Vedic period itself, and that they represent a universal I...

Publisher: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

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