FURTHER STUDIES ON THE CROSS AS AN AUSPICIOUS SYMBOL

Anc Sci Life. 1990 Oct-Dec; 10(2): 126–131.

PMCID: PMC3331268

FURTHER STUDIES ON THE CROSS AS AN AUSPICIOUS SYMBOL

S. Mahdihassan

SD-34, Block A.N. Nazimabad, Karachi – 33, Pakistan

Received October 10, 1989; Accepted June 16, 1990.

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Abstract

The author traces in this paper the antiquity of the cross which was looked upon as an auspicious and establishes that cross is a gift of the living to the dead for taking them to the heavenly abode.

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