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The Calcutta Review September 1952

1952

In Buddhistic :art the representation of the serpent when it has religions import is ossify recognikable; It occurs either on the stupa or on pillars as the prin:cipal object of worship or shields the head of the Buddha or ihotects the sacred feet. [...] references to the worship of the phallus would incline one to the view that the use of the representations of the detached phallus as a religious symbol probably associated with fertility cult was known among the Indus people. [...] p. 181) If Vat's interpretation of the nature of the structure is correct the domical object identified as linga would appear to possess religious significance and the bull and the trident post would also have religious association and the entire scene ought to be taken as a representation of a cult scene in which the appearance together of the phallus the bull and the trident would be highly su [...] Our own view is that the identification of the phallus is open to doubt : but the appearance of the trident which is an important emblem in the Buddhist religious art together with the bull the cult of which makes its appearance suddenly in a mature form in the Epic period is significant. [...] Among the Jainas it is regarded as the sacred symbol of the seventh Tirthankar and a variant of it is regarded as the special symbol of the twenty fourth Tirthankara.
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Pages
118
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Indus People and Indus Religion Indus Religion—(II)
155-178 Nanimadhab Chaudhuri view
Influence of Buddhism on Japanese Culture
179-191 Ryusaku Tsunoda view
Studies in Daniel Defoe
192-208 Srichandra Sen view
Into the Nurseries of Heaven
209-220 S.C. Bhattacharyya view
Indian Federal Finance and the Finance Commission
221-228 Bimalakanta Sarkar view
A Latin Quotation in Indranath’s “Kalpataru”
229-232 Kshitish Chatterji view
Round the World
233-238 unknown view
Reviews and Notices of Books
239-247 unknown view
Ourselves
248-249 unknown view
Official Notifications University of Calcutta
250-i unknown view

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