A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism
A halo or nimbus, whether as circle behind the head or oval behind the whole figure, is widely found in Bst. art. It presumably represents the effulgence of light round the holy figure produced by his spiritual development. (See Ūrna, Ushnīsha.)
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