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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

dhyānāsana-mudrā, see mudrās.
dhyāni-mudrā, see mudrās.
Dhyāni Buddhas, 107.
diadem, 21.
diaper treatment of Buddha figures, 19, 78, 81, 94,
104; spiritual benefit from, 56.
Dikshit, Rai Bahadur K. N., Director-General of
Archaeology in India; help given by, xiv.
dimples at corners of mouth, 6.
Dīpankara Buddha, meets Sumedhu, 63–5: see also
Amarāvatī, hair, Ramma.
Dīr, 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 hound.
division of incidents in narrative paintings and sculp-
tures, xxi.
documents found, written and printed: on birch-bark,
vii; on wood at Niya and Lou-lan, viii, ix; in block-
houses on wall, ix.
dog, see hound, Śūkā.
dome, 57; painted, from Toyuk, 32, 35, 38, 41–3; re-
constructed 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, 100.
dots used in design, see motives in ornament.
down- or meadow land, as represented in paintings,
89, 92.
dragon, snake-like, 103; Nāga, 111: see also Nāginī.
drapery: contoured with suitable colour, 8; correctly
drawn, 35, 95; flowing, 106; graceful, 95; incor-
rectly drawn, 61, 71, 90; upward billowing, 86;
wind-blown, 86: see also frieze.
drawing: accuracy of, 101; confused, 90; crude, 78; deft,
29; enjoyment in, 89; fine, 86; freedom of line, 35, 61,
76, 102; good, 83, 112; inaccurate, 1, 74; inferior, 14;
quality of Chinese, see Chinese, paper; stylized, 78.
drum, 111: see also musical instruments.
drummer, 96.
ducks: floating, 45, 111; flying, 103: see also animals in
paintings.
dwarf or child, 98.

ear-rings, extensively worn, see jewellery.
ears, 9, 62; badly drawn, 61; exaggerated lobes, xxiv,
19, 27, 30, 54, 68, 71, 82; gaping holes in lobes,
xxiv, 17; of hound, furry, 105; large, 24, 30; lobes
deeply slit, 19, 27, 30, 54, 68, 71; normal, 3, 25, 35,
68, 70; 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, 100.
effacement of painting, 42: see also destructive in-
fluences.
effeminate appearance, 56.
'eight-fold way', 3.
elephant: in Mīrān 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, 11,
13, 15, 29, 32, 61, 82, 101; blue, 72, 101; bushy, 46,
60, 62, 70, 73; continuous with line of nose, 53, 69;
fantastic, 102; grey, 60, 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, 30; treatment of, 20, 61, 65, 69;
well-defined, 46; well separated, 11, 15.
eyelids: decorative treatment, 101; drooping, xxiii, 19,
22, 53; heavy, xxiii, xxiv, 14, 22, 23, 27, 56, 69, 72;
long, 72; narrow slits, 30; parallel folds of, 56,
101; 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, 60, shaded with grey, 19, 60; eye-
lashes lengthened, 19; fierce, 48, 60, 84, 105; glar-
ing, 48, 83, 84, 86, 95; green, 75, 84, 96, 99; grey-
blue, 60; half-closed, 17, 24, 84; heavy-lidded, xxiv,
1, 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, 100, 101; oblique, 25, 29, 30, 72, 100; on back of
hand, 1; pupil, black, 4, 60; rheumy, 95; round, 86,
91, 104; sad, 17; speculative, 3; staring, 75, 84, 91,
104; whites, painted with white, 69, pale grey, 73;
oxydized to black, 93, to brown, 99, to dark grey,

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