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  2. Pichhwai - Wikipedia

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    Pichhwai (also pichwai, pichhavai, pichhvai, pechhavai etc), literally meaning 'that which hangs from the back' from the Sanskrit words "Pichh" means back and "wais" means hanging, are large devotional Hindu painted pictures, normally on cloth, which portray Krishna. [2]

  3. Nathdwara painting - Wikipedia

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    Each pichwai painting is considered a seva or an offering to the deity and hence personifies Shrinathji as a prince with jewels and luxuries, surrounded by the milkmaids, gopis. These seva themes are based on different seasons and paintings are made to depict different moods of the season. [ 3 ]

  4. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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    Lotus Lotus flower [19] Narcissus Osmanthus Osmanthus blossom [19] Peach Peach blossom [19] Spring and happiness. [3] Peony [19] Peony flower Associated with royalty. [3] It is also called “flower of rank and honour"; honours means attaining high rank, an official position or high social status. [3] Plum Plum flowers Symbol of winter. [3 ...

  5. Ardhanarishvara - Wikipedia

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    While the male neck is sometimes adorned with a jewelled hooded serpent, the female neck has a blue lotus matching it. [5] In the four-armed form, one of the left arms rests on Nandi's head, while the other is bent in kataka mudra pose and holds a nilotpala (blue lotus) or hangs loosely at her side. In the three-armed representation, the left ...

  6. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    Svíagriss, Adils' prized ring in the Hrólfr Kraki's saga. (Norse mythology) Stone and Ring of Eluned the Fortunate, a cloak of invisibility owned by Merlin. (Welsh mythology) Angelica's ring, a ring possessed by Angelica, princess of Cathay in the legends of Charlemagne. It rendered its wearer immune to all enchantments, and renders the user ...

  7. Tomb of Kha and Merit - Wikipedia

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    Kha wears six finger rings; three have fixed oval bezels, one has a fixed rectangular bezel, and two have swivelling bezels of faience or stone. [183] Further jewellery is purely funerary in nature. These consist of a stone heart scarab on a gold wire or chain, a stone or faience tyet amulet, and a gold foil bracelet around each upper arm. [174]

  8. Sacred lotus in religious art - Wikipedia

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    The boy Buddha appearing within a lotus. Crimson and gilded wood, Trần-Hồ dynasty, Vietnam, 14th–15th century. In the Aṅguttara Nikāya, the Buddha compares himself to a lotus (padma in Sanskrit, in Pali, paduma), [3] saying that the lotus flower rises from the muddy water unstained, as he rises from this world, free from the defilements taught in the specific sutta.

  9. Cattle in religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu god Krishna is often shown with cows listening to his music. The calf is compared with the dawn, in Hinduism.Here, with a sadhu.. Many ancient and medieval Hindu texts debate the rationale for a voluntary stop to cow slaughter and the pursuit of vegetarianism as a part of a general abstention from violence against others and all killing of animals.