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A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.54

A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c7.54

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c7.54

¹ ‘Vehicle’ (Skr. *yāna*, Gk. ὄχημα) originally meant a boat or raft to carry the worshipper across the sea of phenomenal existence to the haven of salvation, variously figured as *nirvāṇa*, *moksha*, &c. The word also meant a cart.