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322 BUDDHIST CAVE-TEMPLES.
first butting against a tree, the next, a young one, following its dam.
who is pinning a tiger to the ground; the fourth is behind, and has
apparently turned tail. Then come two buffaloes fighting, a man
behind each urging it on. To the left are other two human figures
in front of the corner sdrdula.
This band is continued across the front of the left side chapel.
To the left of the sdrdilla are four figures, a woman, a man with a
stick or sword, another with a shield, and a figure sitting on the
ground. Towards these comes Buddha in his chariot with two
horses and the driver. Next is a royal figure seated on a seat in a
garden under a tree, while a woman plays on a musical instrument
to him, and another waits on him behind. A palm tree separates
this from the next scene, in which Buddha is driving to the left.
and passing a plantain tree, meets an aged man with a staff.
Behind him is Buddha in his car again, and just before some men
carrying a dead body and a woman wailing by it. The rock is here
broken, but to the left we have a royal figure seated again on an
dsaiia with attendants, and a horse looking at him ; beyond is a man
walking out, and, after another defaced piece, a horse with an
attendant beside it. This sculpture then represents the so-called
predictive signs1 which led to Siddhartha, afterwards the Buddha.
becoming an ascetic, and bis escape.
On the right side of the porch, the sculpture is a representation
of a hunt of the wild ox, spiritedly carved. On the front of the
facade, to the right of it, is another hunting scene, perhaps of deer;
the first horseman on the left is spearing one, and by the side of the
next runs a dog or cheetah. Behind are three elephants with riders,
followed by a fat ill-proportioned figure, bearing some load at the
ends of a pole over his shoulder. In the next compartment is:
domestic scene, a stout squatting figure with a cup in his ^m
caressed by his wife, behind whom stands a servant with a flagon.
To the right of this is an out-door scene, first an elephant, w
whom a man sits as if feeding it or addressing it, while beyond
another stands with a staff in his left hand. A woman proceed?
the right with a vessel on her left hand towards a man who squ»
under a tree addressing another woman, who kneels before hm>
C3 ' "1 n All
an attitude of supplication. Behind her is a dwarf with a "
1 BeaT's Rom. Leg. of S. Buddha, pp. 117 ff.
first butting against a tree, the next, a young one, following its dam.
who is pinning a tiger to the ground; the fourth is behind, and has
apparently turned tail. Then come two buffaloes fighting, a man
behind each urging it on. To the left are other two human figures
in front of the corner sdrdula.
This band is continued across the front of the left side chapel.
To the left of the sdrdilla are four figures, a woman, a man with a
stick or sword, another with a shield, and a figure sitting on the
ground. Towards these comes Buddha in his chariot with two
horses and the driver. Next is a royal figure seated on a seat in a
garden under a tree, while a woman plays on a musical instrument
to him, and another waits on him behind. A palm tree separates
this from the next scene, in which Buddha is driving to the left.
and passing a plantain tree, meets an aged man with a staff.
Behind him is Buddha in his car again, and just before some men
carrying a dead body and a woman wailing by it. The rock is here
broken, but to the left we have a royal figure seated again on an
dsaiia with attendants, and a horse looking at him ; beyond is a man
walking out, and, after another defaced piece, a horse with an
attendant beside it. This sculpture then represents the so-called
predictive signs1 which led to Siddhartha, afterwards the Buddha.
becoming an ascetic, and bis escape.
On the right side of the porch, the sculpture is a representation
of a hunt of the wild ox, spiritedly carved. On the front of the
facade, to the right of it, is another hunting scene, perhaps of deer;
the first horseman on the left is spearing one, and by the side of the
next runs a dog or cheetah. Behind are three elephants with riders,
followed by a fat ill-proportioned figure, bearing some load at the
ends of a pole over his shoulder. In the next compartment is:
domestic scene, a stout squatting figure with a cup in his ^m
caressed by his wife, behind whom stands a servant with a flagon.
To the right of this is an out-door scene, first an elephant, w
whom a man sits as if feeding it or addressing it, while beyond
another stands with a staff in his left hand. A woman proceed?
the right with a vessel on her left hand towards a man who squ»
under a tree addressing another woman, who kneels before hm>
C3 ' "1 n All
an attitude of supplication. Behind her is a dwarf with a "
1 BeaT's Rom. Leg. of S. Buddha, pp. 117 ff.