Indian Sculpture c9.54
Indian Sculpture c9.54
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c9.54
43. Re riding on horseback around the kurgān, i.e. the cognate form of the stūpa, by the relatives of the deceased, in connection with the round form of the funeral mount and with pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), cf. Strzygowski, *Asiens Bildende Kunst*, p. 356. Coomaraswamy, *Yakṣas*, Pt. I, p. 3, and *passim*.