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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

Nāginī: in painting illustrating a local legend, on wall
of shrine at Dandān-oilik, 109; legend recorded by
Hsüan-tsang, 111; jewellery, 110; picture photo-
graphed by Stein, 109; pose of figure, 110: *see also*
Arhat, grape-leaf, grelot bells, Hārītī, lotus, Medi-
cean Venus, seals.
Nandi, bull *vāhana* of Mahākāla, 84.
native genius in adapting borrowed art motives, xvi.
neck: creases, 4, 9, 11, 15, 17, 24; gristly, 60; long, 15;
plump, 11, 17, 24; short, 14, 16; thin, 99; without
creases, 29.
necklet, *see* jewellery.
Nepalese type of figure, 93.
New Delhi, xi–xiii; paintings set up in Central Asian
Antiquities Museum, xii, xxv.
newel-post, 38.
'new Route of the north' opened in first century
A.D., xxiv.
nimbus: simple in Mīrān pictures, xxi, 3–5; elaborate
in later paintings, xxii, *passim*.
nipples, of tortured woman, 48.
Nissa Valley, great glacier surveyed, ix.
*nivāsana*, an undergarment, *see* costume.
Niya, desert site: discoveries at, viii–x: *see also* Chinese,
documents.
North-West Frontier explorations, xiii.
nose, seldom well drawn, xxiii, 16, 17: aquiline, 1;
curved, 101; down-drawn tip, 8; fleshy, 73; hog-like
snout, 84; hooked, 22, 84; large, 73, 75; long, 30,
32, 60, 61, 99, and bulbous, 75; pinched, 30, 53;
pointed, 60, 99; patrician, 82; Semitic, 16, 61; small,
14; straight, 29; well-shaped, 73.
nude, rarely depicted, xxvi; almost, 10–12, 48; boy,
80; children, 18; man, 111: *see* Nāginī, woman.
nuns, forbidden to have long finger-nails, *see* finger-
nails.

occupation, diversity of, 42.
'Ocean of Existence', 96.
offerings, *see* flowers, garland, gifts.
Oldham, Mr. C. E. A. W., help given, xv.
origin of wall-painting in the East, obscure, xvi.
Oxford University Press, xiv, successful reproduction
of Nāginī picture, 109.
oxidization of colours, *see* destructive influences.

packing sections of paintings and antiques, xii, xxv,
xxix.
*padmāsana*: lotus seat or base, xxi, xxii, 19, 20, 21, 23, 41,
43, 56, 57, 65, 74, 81, 82, 86, 89, 96; Chinese ren-
dering of, 51, 69; indented petals, 43; one flower for
each foot, 65, 67, 69, 96; pointed petals, 43; sup-

porting *pothis*, 27; varied colour, 78: *see also*
lotus.
*pāgṛī*, 3, 22, 75.
*paijāmas*, *see* costume.
painters: in demand to decorate shrines, xvii; skill of,
xvi, 5; Chinese, 93; at work, holding brush and paint-
pot, 86, 87.
painting walls of shrines, an ancient practice, xvi; early
work superior to that of later date, xvi, xvii, 19;
palimpsests, xviii.
paintings of north and south compared, xxvii, xxviii;
on wood, viii, xiii: *see* Dandān-oilik; removal from
walls, xxv, xxix, 43, 51; transport to India, xxix.
palmettes, *see* motives in ornament.
Pamīrs, preparations for journey over, xii.
Pañcaśikha with harp, 21.
Pan Ch'ao, Chinese general, conquers Khotan, xix.
*paṅkhā*, *see* implements.
paper, drawings and prints, x.
paradise, terrace of, 38.
parakeet, two-headed: the *jīvajīva* bird, 38.
Parinirvāna, 75, 95: *see also* mourners.
*pāśa* (noose), *see* implements.
pavement, 66, 100; tesselated, 45; tiled, 49.
pavilion, celestial, 66.
paws of lion, 12.
pearls, 1, 24; in coiffure, 22, 88: *see also* jewellery.
pedestal-like object, 49, 50, 105.
Pelliot, Prof. Paul, visits Turfān, xviii.
peony, 31, 52.
*peri*, 11.
Persia, north-east, and Sīstān, explored by Stein, xii.
Persian influence, xxv, 10, 10, 19, 65; mourner, 75.
perspective laws: confused, 105; ignored, 16; observed,
32.
Peshawar Museum, *see* Kaniska casket.
petals: ribbon-like, 62; petal-shapes above belt, 60.
phoenix, *see* animals.
photographing pictures in New Delhi, xxv, 10.
Phrygian cap, *see* costume.
pictorial painting, 2.
pigment, inferior, 94, 108: *see also* destructive in-
fluences.
pilgrims contribute to shrines, xvii; procession of, *see*
Chinese.
pink on cheeks, 34, 53.
plaster, qualities of, xxix; brittle and friable, 14, 109.
pleats, 52, 74, 78; affected treatment of, 79; unusual
treatment of, 106.
plectrum, used by musician, *see* implements.
pomegranate symbol, 22.
ponies, 108.

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