A motif depicting flowers in a vase, popularly found in textiles such as Banarasi saris and Himroo. It is also found in Mughal and Rajasthani architecture in India. From the Urdu word guldasta, meaning “bouquet.”
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A single-handed mudra or gesture in the South Asian iconographic tradition in which the thumb, middle and ring fingers are…
The mudra or gesture of discussion and transmission of Buddhist teaching, it is made by touching the tips of the…
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A motif that resembles a twisted, coiled rope, it is used as a border around another image or motif. The…
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