Elements of Buddhist Iconography c8.54

c8.54

The stem of the lotus rises from the navel of the recumbent Nārāyaṇa. More often Brahmā (-Prajāpati) alone is thus represented as lotus-born. Cf. p. 17 and Fig. B. Cf. Temple, “Notes on Antiquities from Ramannadesa,” *Ind. Ant.*, 1894, Pls. XIV, XIVa; Ray, *Brahmanical Gods in Burma*, Calcutta, 1932, Pls. 4, 5; my “Stem of Jesse and Indian Parallels or Sources,” *Art Bulletin*, XI, 1932; “The Stem of Jesse and Oriental Parallels,” *Parnassus*, January, 1935; and my *Yakṣas*, I and II, Washington, 1928 and 1931.