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JUNNAR. 261
converted into one by cutting away the partition, and on the walls
are three defaced figures perhaps of Buddha, but possibly they may
be Jaina additions. This is now dedicated to the goddess Ainbika,—
a name of Parvati indeed, but also the sdsanadevi or patron goddess
of Neminatha, one of the favourite Tirthankaras of the Jains. Here we
have Brahmans worshipping the mutilated image of Buddhists or
Jains as a Saiva goddess ! In the outer wall of another of these cells
there have been a standing and a sitting figure of Buddha, but these
are now almost obliterated. They are the only figures of the kind I
have met with in the caves here, and were probably added at a late
period, and perhaps by Jains.
Around the Chaitya-cave are other cells and Bhikshu's houses, and
some inscriptions.
The third group is round a corner of the hill to the south-east of
these last, and at a considerably higher level,—some of them almost
inaccessible. The first reached is a recess over a cell or cistern,
with an inscription:—
Sivasamaputasa Slmtabhati ? no deyadhama pati.
That is, " For a pious gift of charity, from Simtabhati, son of
Sivasarman."
A little beyond this, on the left side of a recess over the side of a
water cistern, is another inscription in three lines, of which, however,
the first letters are obliterated; still we can make out that it was
[constructed by] "Ayama, the minister of Mahakshatrapa Svami
ana.
Kahap
Scrambling along the face of a precipice to the south, we reach
hrst a small vihara without cells or carving, then another cave
(Plate XVIII., fig. 8) with two octagonal pillars in the front of the
^erandah, and two engaged ones at the ends rising from a bench.
The door is 5 feet 10 inches wide, and reaches to the roof of the
all, which has been frescoed. The back of the seat or low screen
n front of the verandah is carved outside with the rail ornament;
k e mention of Nahapana is of interest; his date is not fixed with certainty,
aln,Pf"baWy Wongs to the beginning of the second century (ante, p. ). The
oth t*"S inse"Ption is evidently of a later date than of several others in the
seco ]UpS °* Junnar caves, and thus far confirms our relegating these caves to the
Buddl' °^ °Ur era' a^ter wn*ch *'me ic*°l worship seems to have crept into
converted into one by cutting away the partition, and on the walls
are three defaced figures perhaps of Buddha, but possibly they may
be Jaina additions. This is now dedicated to the goddess Ainbika,—
a name of Parvati indeed, but also the sdsanadevi or patron goddess
of Neminatha, one of the favourite Tirthankaras of the Jains. Here we
have Brahmans worshipping the mutilated image of Buddhists or
Jains as a Saiva goddess ! In the outer wall of another of these cells
there have been a standing and a sitting figure of Buddha, but these
are now almost obliterated. They are the only figures of the kind I
have met with in the caves here, and were probably added at a late
period, and perhaps by Jains.
Around the Chaitya-cave are other cells and Bhikshu's houses, and
some inscriptions.
The third group is round a corner of the hill to the south-east of
these last, and at a considerably higher level,—some of them almost
inaccessible. The first reached is a recess over a cell or cistern,
with an inscription:—
Sivasamaputasa Slmtabhati ? no deyadhama pati.
That is, " For a pious gift of charity, from Simtabhati, son of
Sivasarman."
A little beyond this, on the left side of a recess over the side of a
water cistern, is another inscription in three lines, of which, however,
the first letters are obliterated; still we can make out that it was
[constructed by] "Ayama, the minister of Mahakshatrapa Svami
ana.
Kahap
Scrambling along the face of a precipice to the south, we reach
hrst a small vihara without cells or carving, then another cave
(Plate XVIII., fig. 8) with two octagonal pillars in the front of the
^erandah, and two engaged ones at the ends rising from a bench.
The door is 5 feet 10 inches wide, and reaches to the roof of the
all, which has been frescoed. The back of the seat or low screen
n front of the verandah is carved outside with the rail ornament;
k e mention of Nahapana is of interest; his date is not fixed with certainty,
aln,Pf"baWy Wongs to the beginning of the second century (ante, p. ). The
oth t*"S inse"Ption is evidently of a later date than of several others in the
seco ]UpS °* Junnar caves, and thus far confirms our relegating these caves to the
Buddl' °^ °Ur era' a^ter wn*ch *'me ic*°l worship seems to have crept into