FW: [INDOLOGY] Fwd: stone-inscriptions from Sichuan

[JKirkpatrick]

I find the animals carved there of interest. 
How intriguing. 

jpg.1 shows a rabbit between a 3-headed snake and a smug or
sitting cat or lion. The rabbit is at rest. 
jpg.2 shows a rabbit trapped & looking behind him between a tiger
and a bull (usually in Indian renditions the bull would be a prey
not a predator).
jp.3 shows a snake, a horse and a leaping deer. The horse turns
as if in attack on the deer.

There are august figures in the center of each stela but they are
different.

The animals seem to be versions of the zodiac animals.  Do the
texts relate to these illustrations?

Best wishes,
Joanna K.


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From: Indology [mailto:INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk] On Behalf Of
Christophe Vielle
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 2:25 AM
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Subject: [INDOLOGY] Fwd: stone-inscriptions from Sichuan

Dear Colleagues,
A kind of botanical gardens/agreement park in Belgium has
acquired 150 stone-inscriptions from Sichuan, as you can see
samples in the pictures here attached. Has somebody already see
such a naagarii-type script (for writing what looks like
Sanskrit?) coming from that part of China ?
I already found that the French EFEO researcher Liying Kuo works
on 
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