Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.s1.3
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c8.s1.3
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c8.s1.3
II—IDEAS & CONCEPTS—Svastika, Daivāsuram (conflict between Angels and Titans), Trivikrama (Three Steps), Jyotirliṅga (Pillar of Light) Pṛthu and Pṛthivī (Milking of the Earth-Mother by the King, cf. Māndhātā and Sudassanā motif in Buddhist literature), Pṛthivī-Varāha (Boar lifting the Earth, Varāheṇa Pṛthivī Saṃvidānā, AV. 12.1.48), Sahasra-Puruṣa (Thousand or Infinite Puruṣa, cf. Sahasrātmā Buddha), Sapta-padī (Seven Steps, cf. First Seven steps of Buddha), Tiraśhcīna-nirgamana (oblique birth of Indra, RV. IV. 18.2; also of Buddha; and of Skanda, Matsya 159.48); Agni-Skandha (Pillar of Fire, cf. Jyotirliṅga, Ensign of Light), etc.
Linked texts (3)
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit