Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c17.40
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c17.40
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c17.40
Lañchchhanas of the different Tīrthaṅkaras were conspicuous by absence in the Kushāṇa period but later on were gradually taken from the ancient stock of auspicious animal, floral and abstract symbols. The Yaksha cult also was adopted as an essential element and a particular Yaksha-Yakshī pair was assigned to each Tīrthaṅkara.