Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi' has mentioned 'Lion' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| 3 3.4 Sunga Pillar 4 Satavahana period (1st century BCE xe2x80x93 1st century CE) 4.1 Material and carving technique 4.2 Architecture: evolution of the load-bearing pillar capital 4.3 Main themes of the reliefs 4.3.1 Jatakas 4.3.2 Miracles 4.3.3 Temptation of the Buddha 4.3.4 War over the Buddha's Relics 4.3.5 Removal of the relics by Ashoka 4.3.6 Building of the Bodh Gaya temple by Ashoka 4.3.7 Foreign devotees 4.3.8 Aniconism 4.4 The Gateways or Toranas 4.4.1 Stupa 1 Southern Gateway 4.4.2 Stupa 1 Northern Gateway 4.4.3 Stupa 1 Eastern Gateway 4.4.4 Stupa 1 Western Gateway 4.4.5 Stupa 3 Southern Gateway 5 Later periods 5.1 Western Satraps 5.2 Guptas 5.3 Lion pillar No 26 5.4 Pillar 35 6 Sanchi and the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara 7 Western rediscovery 8 Chetiyagiri Vihara and the Sacred Relics 9 Inscriptions 10 See also 11 References 12 Literature 13 External links | WIKI |
| [10] It is very similar to the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath, except for the abacus, here adorned with flame palmettes and facing geese, 250 BCE. | WIKI |
| Lion. | WIKI |
| The crowning feature, probably a lion, has disappeared. | WIKI |
| Evolution of the Indian load-bearing pillar capital, down to 1st century SanchiMauryan capital (Pataliputra capital)4th-3rd c. BCESarnath capital,Sarnath, c.3rd-1st c. BCEBharhut capital2nd c. BCESanchi lion capital1st c. BCESanchi elephant capital1st c. BCE/CESanchi Yakshas capital1st c. CE | WIKI |
| The lintels have elephants mounted by Mahuts, and a single seated lion, at their ends. | WIKI |
| The deva with the giant head, riding either on the elephant or on the lion to the right of the panel, is probably meant to be Indra or Brahma. | WIKI |
| [112] Rear architraves Ordered left to right, from top to bottom: Winged lion. | WIKI |
| Lion pillar No 26[edit] | WIKI |
| Pillar 26: lion pillar capital at time of discovery, with Dharmachakra wheel (reconstitution). | WIKI |
| The lion capital of this pillar is a feeble imitation of the one which surmounted the pillar of Asoka, with the addition of a wheel at the summit and with certain other variations of detail. | WIKI |
| [125] The Government of India Photo Division describes it in this image as "An Asoka pillar and its broken lion capital near the south gateway of the Great Stupa." | WIKI |
| Pillar 34 with lion. | WIKI |
| [132] The winged lion capital of pillar 34 (lost). | WIKI |