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चौमुख (caumukha)

 
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
caumukha (HA), Sanskrit caturmukha (cf. caturmukha-bimba)
a quadruple image called pratimā sarvatobhadrikā (LL) in the
Mathurā inscriptions of the Kuṣāṇa period, showing one Jina
or several Jinas on each of the four faces
also seen on the top
or in the centre of representations of the samavasaraṇa (q. v.).