Eastern Indian School of Mediaeval Sculpture c12.9

c12.9

Ardha-Nārīśvara . . . . . an intermediate class of Śaiva images, 111. *ardha-maṇḍapa* . . . . . See under Architecture. *ardha-paryaṅka* . . . . . See under Postures. *arghapaṭṭa* . . . . . . with *liṅga*, a popular form of Śiva, 110. Ārya-Mārīchī . . . . . a form of Mārīchī, *See under Dhyānī-Buddha Vairochana*. Ārya-Tārā . . . . . . see under Dhyānī Buddhas. Asherah . . . . . . . Grove of the Assyrians, 156. Ashrafpur . . . . . . metal *chaitya* at 132, 138, 142, 154. *Aṣṭa-bhujā* . . . . . a form of Pārvatī and Durgā, 114. asi (Sword) . . . . . See under Emblems of gods and goddesses. Asita Dēvala . . . . . Prediction of, *See under Buddhacharita*. Aśoka (Emperor) . . . . 6, 7, 8, 9, 63. pillars of, 7; Rock Edicts of, 8. *Aśokakāntā* . . . . . See under Dhyānī Buddhas. *aśoka* Tree . . . . . See under Emblems of gods and goddesses.