• The ushnisha (Sanskrit: उष्णीष, romanized: uṣṇīṣa) is a three-dimensional oval on top of the head. In Pali scriptures, it is the crown of Buddha, the symbol...
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    meditation pose with a forehead mark (tikka), a traditional oval crown (ushnisha), and ringlet of hair. The Buddhabrot rendering technique was discovered...
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    dressed in a similarly patterned kasaya robe, wearing a Buddhist crown (an Ushnisha or a Black Crown), and wielding a khakkhara staff. In some depictions or...
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    merciful grace towards the audience. His hair is short and curled, along with Ushnisha, which is the pointed topknot located on the center of the head. Applied...
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    Uṣṇīṣavijayā ("Victorious Crown Goddess" and "Victorious One with Ushnisha"; Tibetan: གཙུག་གཏོར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་མ།, Wylie: gtsug tor rnam rgyal ma, THL: Tsuktor...
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    "the bell" (Russian: колокол). Graceful Kundalini energy Piety Tantra Ushnisha Stevens, Samantha. The Seven Rays: a Universal Guide to the Archangels...
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    suggestive of a scarf-like uttariya. He has an abundant topknot covering the ushnisha, and a simple or double halo, sometimes radiating, surrounds his head....
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    when he wore extravagant jewelry. The bump at the top of the head is the ushnisha and represents spirituality, wisdom, and awakening. Depictions of the Buddha...
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    of Sukhothai sit on a common pedestal form. The flame that crowns the ushnisha is an innovation of Sukhothai that symbolises the splendour of spiritual...
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    of the statue taken before its face was damaged, the figure lacked the Ushnisha lump that typically goes with Buddha's image. The statue has several unusual...
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    identified as: manipura (navel), anahata (heart), vishuddha (throat) and ushnisha kamala (crown). In one development within the Nyingma lineage of the Mantrayana...
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    Gorkha Rifles Posthumous Naib Subedar Ishwar Singh Parachute Regiment Major Ushnisha Jaitly 11 Gorkha Rifles Posthumous Lance Havildar Jora Singh Sikh Light...
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    sequential concentration on the chakras of the heart, throat, forehead and ushnisha which cause the pranas to dissolve the four elements of water, fire, wind...
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    glass mosaics tiles is gilded with 24-carat gold. The topknot, called ushnisha, of the Buddha statue contains a relic of Gautama Buddha that was given...
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    Gorkha Rifles Posthumous Naib Subedar Ishwar Singh Parashute Regiment Major Ushnisha Jaitly 11 Gorkha Rifles Posthumous Lance Havildar Jora Singh Sikh Light...
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    more complete Indian to Chinese script transliteration of the Sanskrit Ushnisha-Vijaya Dharani, see Muller (pp. 35–46), and the historic code embedded...
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  • pure undyed wool, a lower garment of silk called "tarpaya", and a turban (ushnisha). Jamila Brij Bhushan (1958). Costumes and textiles of India. pp. 16, 17...
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  • standing Buddhas), the stylicized Mediterranean curly hair and topknot (ushnisha) apparently derived from the style of the Belvedere Apollo (330 BCE), and...
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  • city there is a monastery called Sha-hsi-ssu. At present, the curly hair (ushnisha, 螺髻) and the relic bones of the Buddha are to be seen in the monastery...
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    1st–2nd century Gandhara standing Buddhas, the stylized curly hair and ushnisha apparently derived from the style of the Apollo Belvedere (330 BC) and...
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  • Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra from which it (called the Shitatapatra Ushnisha Dharani) comes can be included in this category. Anuttarayoga tantras (rnal...
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    Kerala several. The four Buddha images are in meditating posture with Ushnisha (cap) and Upavita (upper garment). These had been thrown into fields and...
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    ancient palm-leaves: containing the Pragna-paramita-hridaya-sutra and the Ushnisha-vigaya-dharani. Sanskrit and Japanese texts, edited and translated, with...
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    (mahāpuruṣa lakṣaṇa) along with some extra secondary marks, beginning with the ushnisha at the top of the Buddha's head. This is repeated in forward and reverse...
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    depictions of the Buddha similar to Gandhara styles, such as the high ushnisha, vertical hair bun, moustache, and symmetrical depictions of the robe and...
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    lakshanas (distinguishing marks), including a golden-colored body, an ushnisha (a protuberance) on the top of his head, heavy earrings, elongated earlobes...
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    some kind of scarf-like uttariya. He has an abundant topknot covering the ushnisha, and a simple halo surrounds his head. This combination of details of the...
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  • city there is a monastery called Sha-hsi-ssu. At present, the curly hair (ushnisha, 螺髻) and the relic bones of the Buddha are to be seen in the monastery...
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  • traditions, covering the head or face was neither mandated nor common, but Ushnisha – a regional ceremonial occasion headdress is mentioned, as is Dupatta...
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  • Upasampada Upaya Upekkha Uposatha Uppalavanna Uppatasanti Pagoda Urna Ushnisha U Thuzana Uttarasanga U Vimala U Wisara Vaibhāṣika Vairochana Vaiśravaṇa...
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