Definition of Aniconic. Meaning of Aniconic. Synonyms of Aniconic

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Aniconic. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Aniconic and, of course, Aniconic synonyms and on the right images related to the word Aniconic.

Definition of Aniconic

No result for Aniconic. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Aniconic from wikipedia

- that still continues to occur. She sees many early scenes claimed to be aniconic as in fact not depicting scenes from the life of the Buddha, but worship...
- An aniconic depiction of the Buddha's spiritual liberation (moksha) or awakening (bodhi), at Sanchi. The Buddha is not depicted, only symbolized by the...
- trident as his weapon, and the damaru. He is usually worshiped in the aniconic form of lingam. Shiva has pre-Vedic roots, and the figure of Shiva evolved...
- mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism. The word lingam is found...
- (Sanskrit: योनि, IAST: yoni), sometimes called pindika, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu goddess Shakti. It is usually shown with linga...
- earliest phase, lasting until the 1st century CE, has been described as aniconic; the Buddha was only represented through symbols such as an empty throne...
- As the site of the Somnath temple and its ****ociated Jyotirlinga (an aniconic representation of the god Shiva), it is an important place of Hindu pilgrimage...
- christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East. Largely aniconic and not in communion with any other church, it belongs to the eastern branch...
- temples and shrines throughout the Indian subcontinent, commonly in the aniconic form of a lingam. The most prominent of these are the Jyotirlinga temples...
- less numerous. Up to that point, Indian Buddhist art had essentially been aniconic, avoiding representation of the Buddha, except for his symbols, such as...