A Buddhist Emblem and its Counterpart

surmounting the gatepost of the Buddhist stupa at Sānchī, c. 50 B.C., are pairs of enigmatic symbolical sculptures sometimes described as <i>triśūlas</i>: there is no closer parallel than a bronze statuette from Luristan (A. Godard, Bronzes du Luristan, no. 195).

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jairazbhoy, R. A.
Format: Print Article
In:Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan
Year: 1963, Volume: 8, Pages: 1-4, 7 fig.
KeiBi Identifier:29:1360
All Reviews:DLZ 88 (1967) 430-431 (F. F. Schwarz)
Description
Summary:surmounting the gatepost of the Buddhist stupa at Sānchī, c. 50 B.C., are pairs of enigmatic symbolical sculptures sometimes described as <i>triśūlas</i>: there is no closer parallel than a bronze statuette from Luristan (A. Godard, Bronzes du Luristan, no. 195).