Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c20.28

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—on *Śarīra-dhātu* (bodily relic) 120 —Buddha's sanction in its favour 123 —as a monument depicting life of community 5, 119, 129 —as a documentary of contemporary life 122-3 —eight *Stūpas* on the relics of Buddha 120-1 —signifying Buddha's *Parinirvāṇa*, but a felicitating symbol 122 —three kinds 137 —*Yūpa* inside it 124 —compared to a *Yūpa* 121-2, 138 —compared to a *Prāsāda* 122 —its enlargement, 90, 91-2, 120, 292, 301, see *alpeśakhya maheśākhya*. — —twice the original, *thuve dutiyaṃ vaḍhite* 90 — —with stone encasing, *śilā-achchhadana*, *śilākañchuka* 120, 280, 300, 301 —compared to a water bubble 125, 126 —of bell like shape 126 —sited on the trade routes 128 —as a symbol of tetradic pattern of cosmos 127 —building of a *Stūpa*, *thūpakamma*, *thūpārambha*, described in the *Mahāvaṃsa* 124 —laying of its foundation 124-5 —stone floor 126 —formula of the plaster clay used in consolidation of the ground 124 —slab showing *Stūpa* (= *Stūpapaṭṭa*, *chetiyapaṭa*) 232, 233, 280, 287, 288, 289, 293, 299, 300 *sthapati* 56 *sthaṇabhārika* 29