Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s5.48
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c13.s5.48
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(5) On the top of the head, Uṣṇīṣa or raised spiral locks of hair (kaparda) which are believed to have left over on the Buddha's head when he cut off his hair. The hair on the head does not show any curve, as is the case in all images of Gandhāra school. This types of hair has been called as that of a monk with a shaven head. There is an Ūrṇā between the eye-brows a circular small whorl of hair.