leograph
English
Etymology
From leo + -graph
Noun
leograph (plural leographs)
- A stylized lion motif or icon mainly found in Sinospheric and Indospheric regions' architectures.
- 1982, East Indian Art Styles: A Study in Parallel Trends, Humanities Press, page 25:
- The deity on the animal is flanked by two figures and set against a frame displaying inter alia a leograph on each side.
- 1893, Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, U.S Government Printing Office, page 589:
- the character on the abdomen and on its right may be considered to be the leograph for pain in that part of the body.
- Artistic representation of a lion
- 2005, Aspects of Myanmar Culture, Cho-Tay-Than Bookhouse, page 31:
- Tuesday-Sa,hsa,za,zha,nya-3-Leograph(Lion).
Related terms
- chinthe
- Shishi
See also
- leogryph