Art and Symbolism in India

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1. What are the male and female names of the standing sculptures from the late Mauryan period? Agnar or Agni Chunar or Chunok Yakshi or Yaksha Patna or Patni

2. Vishnu is often seated on nagas. What are they? serpents elephants horses cows

3. Old Hindu places of worship have a distinctive chaitya. What is the chaitya? Aisle Facade Altar Hall

4. The Buddha is often depicted in numerous birth stories or previous existences. What are these stories called? karmas jatakas bodhis aktis

5. What does the bodhi tree represent? spirtualism death love enlightenment

6. What does a stupa represent? great love great release great leader great harmony

7. What does a vacant umbrella over a vacant space mean? holy presence holy establishment holy devotion holy cow!

8. The Buddha is sometimes seen turning a wheel. What does the wheel represent? science law knowledge history

9. One popular kind of sculptural depiction in India is of a woman who can by the mere touch of her foot cause a tree to bloom. By what name is she called? makarajakata shalabhanjika vahanas balarama

10. What does a dot between the eyebrows, called an urna, represent? eye of spiritual wisdom evil eye eye of spiritual affection mark of the brahman class