The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.75
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.75
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c25.75
Śaṅkha, conch-shell ; it is especially given as a symbol to the gods as the sound viabrated through a shell penetrates far and wide. The conch-shell seems to have been extensively used in wars by ancient Indians.