The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s5.17
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s5.17
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B. 1 (C., pl. I, 1); 2 (Sm., pl. XIX, 11); 3 (C, pl. II, 7-8); 4 (Sm. pl. XX, 5): variants of the tree of the Perfect Illumination (Sambodhi). Nos. 1 and 2 present fairly well the form of the leaf of the açvattha, or ficus religiosa; the foot of the tree is always surrounded by a railing.