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The elephant would be a reference to Airavat, the elephant of Indra, the king of the Hindu gods ( equivalent of the Greek deity Zeus , the elephant is seen carrying a lotus flower. It is the mount of Indra, and the Gaja ( Sanskrit word for elephant) or Gajaraj ( kingly elephant) was a respected and majestic figure associated with intelligence and wisdom and also fidelity.
The deity Shiva's elder son, Ganesha ( the Roman Janus is similar ) has an elephant head and is associated with writing ( he is said to have personally helped in putting the epic "Mahabharata" into written script while its sage-composer Vyasa was narrating it aloud ), but the elephant-image shown in the seals on Rudyard Kipling's book is not Ganesha, it is Airavat.
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Two images from the part of the covers of books by Rudyard Kipling (Methuen &Co. 1919 and Macmillan &Co, 1930). Images scanned by User:Dabbler to illustrate the article on Kipling. I created this image from two images that are in the public domain as copyright has expired. S.Balakrishnan, Creative Consultant, New Delhi |
Author | The artist is probably Lockwood Kipling, Rudyard Kipling 's father. |
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- 2011-09-12 16:48 Quibik 460×227× (66727 bytes) removed coherent noise from the right image
- 2006-09-26 23:48 Dabbler 460×227× (54800 bytes) Two images from the part of the covers of books by [[Rudyard Kipling]] (Methuen & Co., 1919 and Macmillan & Co., 1930). Images scanned by [[User:Dabbler]] to illustrate the article on Kipling.
- 2006-09-26 22:57 Dabbler 460×227× (177724 bytes) Two images from the part of the covers of books by [[Rudyard Kipling]] (Methuen &Co. 1919 and Macmillan &Co, 1930). Images scanned by [[User:Dabbler]] to illustrate the article on Kipling.