[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c7.54 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.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. - [Previous: c7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.53) - [Next: c7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.55) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c7.54) · Pramāṇa