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Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3

Note 219 — Chapter XXXVII

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Four images facing the four quarters are considered in Burma to represent the last four Buddhas and among the Jains some of the Tirthankaras are so represented, the legend being that whenever they preached they seemed to face their hearers on every side.

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