Elements of Buddhist Iconography c8.72
Elements of Buddhist Iconography c8.72
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FIGURE 24. Coping detail from Amarāvatī, *ca.* 200 A.D. Madras Museum. In the bend of the lotus-rhizome is represented the cult of the Dharmacakra, the Buddha as Supernal Sun. Below this is a fourfold *triśūla* or *vajra*; *cf.* Figs. 16, 18.