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(2) The word 'ushṇīsha' usually means a turban, but is used by the Buddhists as a technical term for the top knot on Buddha's head, by which all figures of him are distinguished : 'he is never represented in Indian sculpture with any sort of covering on his head.' Dr. Burgess.—(*Ind. Ant.*, Vol. IX, p. 195, note 3.)