The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s5.16
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s5.16
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9 (C., pl. III, 2); 10 (C., pl. I, 26); 11 (C., pl. III, 3); 12 (C., pl. III, 2) : from the Buddhist point of view these four sacred animals typify respectively, the elephant the Conception, the bull the (date of the) Nativity, the horse the Great Departure, and the lion, generally, the « lion among the Çâkyas » (Çâkya-simha, that is Çâkya-muni).