The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c5.s5.19

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D. 1 (C., pl. I, 4, 5); 2 (Sp., pl. LIV b, 1, 13); 3 (C, pl. II, 15); 4 (Sm., pl. XX, 11, 12) : variants of the stûpa, or tumulus, of the Parinirvâna. Later the form of no. 1 was mistaken for a bow with its arrow; we seem to recognize in origin a stûpa crossed by the staff (yaṣṭi) of its parasol (chattra) : we need only compare the parasols which enter into the composition of the lotuses of nos. A. 2 and 3.