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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure SSA-ind-034. Nagaraja Erapata (Elapattra) depicted in three different instances: (1) as the anthropomorphic naga sporting the pentacephalic cobra hood above his turban and worshipping the Empty Throne (?) and garlanded sacred (Bodhi?) tree (possibly the symbolic (aniconic) representations of the Buddha Shakyamuni?); (2) as half-submerged into the body of water (pond, lake, river?) the anthropomorphic naga accompanied by two naginis (wife and daughter?), sporting the pentacephalic or monocephalic cobra hoods above their turbans in the general attitude of respect and veneration; (3) as the pentacephalic rearing naga hooded cobra emerging from the body of water with his daughter standing atop gesticulating toward her potential bridegroom. |
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| Red-brown sandstone |
High relief (Stupa's vedika pillar, uncertain original structural location (south torana?), middle register, carved decoration, detail) |
Unknown | Stupa built during Maurya Dynasty, Ashoka the Great (r. 268-232 BC), 250s-230s BC (?)/ extensively upgraded during Shunga Dy-nasty, 125-100 BC |
Bharhut, Madhya Pradesh, Central India |
Indian Museum, Kolkata, Inven- tory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Indian Expedition, 27 January - 6 March 2013). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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