Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c12.2

c12.2

abhaya . . . . . See mudrās. Achyuta . . . . . A form of Vishṇu, 102. Adhikṛita . . . . . Officer, 121. Adhokshaja . . . . . A form of Vishṇu, 101. Adina Masjid . . . . 5, 162. Ādityasena (Gupta Dynasty) . . Form of the letter “ śa ” during the reign of, 24, 28. Agni . . . . . Images of, 120. Ajātaśatru (King of Magadha) . . Devadatta’s influence over, 69. “ Vichāra ” in the presence of, 73. akshasūtra . . . . . See Emblems of gods and goddesses. Akshobhya . . . . . See under Dhyānī Buddhas. Alcock, A., Lieut.-Colonel . . 142. ālīḍha . . . . . See under Postures. Alms-bowls . . . . . Presentation of, See under Buddhacharita. āmalaka . . . . . See under Architecture. Amarāvatī . . . . . See under Schools of Sculpture. Amarkantak . . . . . Temple of Karṇa at, 149. Amitābha . . . . . See under Dhyānī Buddhas. amlasīla . . . . . (A band encircling the middle of a capital) 157. Amoghasiddhi . . . . See under Dhyānī Buddhas. Aṇahilapāṭaka . . . . Chaulukyas of, 5. Ananta Cave . . . . 9. Anderson, John . . . . 1, 19, 44, 60, 92, 94, 96, 155. Andher . . . . . Stūpas of, 153. Aniruddha . . . . . A form of Vishṇu, 102. aṅkuśa . . . . . See under Emblems of gods and goddesses. Annam . . . . . Relation between the Sculpture of India and that of, 129. Annandale, Dr. N., the late . . 1. Aparājitā . . . . . See under Dhyānī-Buddhas. Aphsad . . . . . Inscription 24. Columns 157. Arapachana . . . . . See under Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī. Arch . . . . . See under Architecture. Architecture . . . . . See also Temples. Miniature temples 151-52. Stūpa, 152-54. Temple types 147-51. Architectural members . . . 154-63. Śikharas— in Bihar and Sibbati stele, 45, 47, 152. of different temples, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151. in miniature temples, 152. on lintels, 161.