English Explanatory Dictionary

ushnisha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sign depicted over the head of the Buddha in artistic representations, resembling a topknot or a cranial protuberance.

Word forms

ushnisha ushnishas

Etymology

From Sanskrit उष्णीष (uṣṇīṣa).

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