Talk:Lion Capital of Ashoka/Archive 1

Possible copyvio
See the text at http://indiaimage.nic.in/nationalemblem.htm

This isn't helpful if the link is broken. Lithoderm (talk) 03:37, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Picture Captions
The Picture captions in this article are much too long. Please move them into the body of the text. I would do it if I had time. Lithoderm (talk) 03:37, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Name of the sculpture
Can someone who knows better help decide on the correct name for the sculpture. There seem to be at least 3 names present already:
 * Article name: Lion Capital of Asoka
 * First usage in lead: Lion capital of Ashoka
 * Later in same paragraph: Aśoka pillar

In other words, 3 different spellings of the name of the emperor. Thanks. Jan 1 naD (talk • contrib) 14:14, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

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Persian Lions
article states, lions are Achaemenid influence or mesopotamian/ assyrian, the feline mask of indus civilization gives an indication that the roaring lion imagery from Indus valley civilization was already part of indian art since its birth, infact the greek lions are also depicted in the very same manner in their classical period 115.135.130.182 (talk) 08:40, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

Theravada Buddhism?
The articl states: "Theravada Buddhism rejects symbolization of Buddha and Buddhism". That is obviously false.

Buddha images are widely worshipped in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar etc where Theravada prevails. Malaiya (talk) 04:36, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

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 * Sanchi capital frontal view before-after reconstitution.jpg

Symbolism
This section of the article seems to regard the symbols in the capital of Sarnath as making allusion to Jain religion. I really don't understand where this is coming from. Even though a case could be made about Ashoka not being explicitly a buddhist, as he expressed support for religious tolerance, he is generally regarded as having been a pro-buddhist monarch, yet whoever wrote the article seems to think he was a Jain. Furthermore, this section of the article offers no citations, even though its content goes against consensus, thus I have no way of knowing where this odd take comes from. I hope this section an the data featured in it will be revised and that, in the case I am wrong about this, citations will be offered to sustain this odd interpretation of the symbolism of the lion capitals of Ashoka.

See the following texts for examples of authors who regard Ashoka as having been had a pro-buddhist attitude: Sen, A. Chandra (2020, December 10). Ashoka. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ashoka Thapar, R. (2002) The Emergence of Empire: Mauryan India C. 3 2 1 - 1 8 5 BC. In History of early India from the origins to AD 1300. Penguin Books. https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfEarlyIndiaFromTheOriginsToAD1300Thapar/page/n203/mode/2up See the following text for interpretations of the capitals as buddhist in their symbolism: Craven, R. C. (1976) A Concise History of Indian Art. Thames and Hudson. Fisher, R. (1993) Buddhist Art and Architecture. Thames and Hudson. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.164.208.219 (talk) 19:23, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I removed it. It's totally unsourced anyway. पाटलिपुत्र  Pat  (talk) 19:26, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

The emblem
The Sarnath Capital was in much more damaged condition that later depictions in both photographs (taken at kind angles) and emblem-izing have projected. Perhaps the makers of modern India should have made the damaged capital the emblem. It was the reality, the grounded reality. Oertel, the outsider genius, for all his faults of mourning for Golden Ages, had none of these faults. Fowler&amp;fowler «Talk»  18:31, 20 July 2022 (UTC)