Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s3.71
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c9.s3.71
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13. Palmette and Honeysuckle, the first is the tāla-parṇa motif of Indian art, also represented as tāla-dhvaja or tālaketu with its capital formed of palm-leaves, as at Mathura. Honey-suckle is taken by Coomaraswamy as Blue Lotus, but it seems to be a flower comprised of six anthers and a pistil in the middle, probably the Indian Muchukunda flower (Pterospermum Suberifolium). Both Palmette and Honeysuckle are found as alternating motifs on the frieze of the Rampurvā Bull-Capital of Aśoka. [Fig. 36]