leographとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

leograph (複数形 leographs)

1. 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.

2. An artistic representation of a lion (Can we add an example for this sense?)
   • 2005, Aspects of Myanmar Culture, Cho-Tay-Than Bookhouse, page 31:

     Tuesday-Sa,hsa,za,zha,nya-3-Leograph(Lion).