National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

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81, 94,

xxiv, 17; of hound, furry, 105; large, 24, 30; lobes deeply slit, 19, 27, 30, 54, 68, 71; normal, 3, 25, 35, 68, 7o; pointed, 59, 83, 85, 87, 104; small, 29; unadorned, 54, 82; wolf's, 90.

earth goddess, 84, 88.

eating-sticks, carried on belt, 33, 34, zoo.

effacement of painting, 42: see also destructive influences.

effeminate appearance, 56.

`eight-fold way', 3.

elephant: in Mirān picture, xxi, 15; head as epaulette, 84; skin, 84; toes, 9.

emanation, vapoury, rising from finger, 85.

emblems, sacred, 37.

Endere, in Khotan district, x; objects found at, viii. England, Mr. W. B.; help given by, xv.

epaulettes, see elephant-head, lion-mask.

Ephthalites or White Huns, ousted by Western Turks, xix.

Eros, seal impression from Niya, viii.

Etsin-gol river, x; traces of Chinese wall, see Chinese. evil, sign of protection against, 3, 12: see also fingers. expeditions of Sir Aurel Stein, vii-xiii.

eyebrows: angular, 59, 72, 77, 88; arched, 3, 6,7, 9, II, 13, 15, 29, 32, 61, 82, IoI; blue, 72, IoI; bushy, 46, 6o, 62, 70, 73; continuous with line of nose, 53, 69; fantastic, 102; grey, 6o, 70; incredulous lift of, 23; meeting at acute angle, 45, 73; sharply contracted, 88; shaven, 99; sloping upward, 22, 29, 93; thick, 70; thin, oblique, 3o; treatment of, 29, 61, 65, 69; well-defined, 46; well separated, II, 15.

eyelids: decorative treatment, Io1; drooping, xxiii, 19, 22, 53; heavy, xxiii, xxiv, 14, 22, 23, 27, 56, 69, 72; long, 72; narrow slits, 30; parallel folds of, 56, IoI; prolonged at outer angles, 19, 22, 25, 54; thick, black edge, 7.

eyes: almond shape, 8; animated, 16; black, 14, 16; brown irises, 4, 16; direction of gaze: in Mīrān pictures, always to right or left, 14, 15; dots, 22, 30; down-cast, 25, 69, 97,112; downward at outer angle, 75; dreamy, 17, 22, 24; elongated, 22; expressive, 16; eyeballs: white, 69, shaded with grey, 19, 6o; eyelashes lengthened, 19; fierce, 48, 6o, 84, 105; glaring, 48, 83, 84, 86, 95; green, 75, 84, 96, 99; grey-blue, 6o; half-closed, 17, 24, 84; heavy-lidded, xxiv, I, 14, 17, 22, 23, 56, 69, 72; large, 7, 12-15, 73, 86; lidless, 99; long, 16, 25, 32, 72; narrow, 16, 29, 30, 32, I00, IOI; oblique, 25, 29, 30, 72, 100; on back of hand, I; pupil, black, 4, 6o; rheumy, 95; round, 86, 93, 104; sad, 17; speculative, 3; staring, 75, 84, 93, 104; whites, painted with white, 69, pale grey, 73, oxydized to black, 93, to brown, 99, to dark grey,

dhyānāsana-mudrā, see mudrās. dhyāni-mudrā, see mudrās.

Dhyānī Buddhas, 107.

diadem, 21.

diaper treatment of Buddha figures, 19,

104; spiritual benefit from, 56.

ear-rings, extensively worn, see jewellery.

Dikshit, Rai Bahadur K. N., Director-General of

Archaeology in India; help given by, xiv.

dimples at corners of mouth, 6.

Dipankara Buddha, meets Sumedhu, 63-5: see also Amarāvati, hair, Ramma.

Dir, territory visited by Stein, viii.

Directors-General of Archaeology in India: help given by, xiv.

disciples of the Buddha, 3, 7, 9, 95•

discoloration of pictures, see destructive influences. disk-like face, xxiii, xxvi, 27, 45

divan, 104, 105.

divine horseman, see sun.

division of incidents in narrative paintings and sculptures, xxi.

documents found, written and printed: on birch-bark, vii; on wood at Niya and Lou-lan, viii, ix; in blockhouses on wall, ix.

dog, see hound, Sūkā.

dome, 57; painted, from Toyuk, 32, 35, 38, 41-3; reconstructed in New Delhi, xi, xxv; compared with Western art, 41, 43.

Domoko region, xxiii, 1, 24, 28.

donors, xvii, xxvi, 46, 49, 62, 65, 66, 68, 70, 100. doors, 99, Ioo.

dots used in design, see motives in ornament.

down- or meadow land, as represented in paintings, 89, 92.

dragon, snake-like, 103; Nāga, III: see also Nāgini.

drapery: contoured with suitable colour, 8; correctly drawn, 35, 95; flowing, io6; graceful, 95; incorrectly drawn, 61, 71, 90; upward billowing, 86; wind-blown, 86: see also frieze.

drawing: accuracy of, Io1; confused, 9o; crude, 78; deft, 29; enjoyment in, 89; fine, 86; freedom of line, 35, 61, 76,102; good, 83,112; inaccurate, I, 74; inferior, 14; quality of Chinese, see Chinese, paper; stylized, 78.

drum, III: see also musical instruments.

drummer, 96.

ducks: floating, 45, III; flying, io 3 ; see also animals in paintings.

dwarf or child, 98.

ears, 9, 62; badly drawn, 61; exaggerated lobes, xxiv, 19, 27, 30, 54, 68, 71, 82; gaping holes in lobes,

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