Report on the antiquities in the Bidar and Aurangabad districts; in the territories of His Highness the nizam of Haidarabad, being the result of the ... survey of Western India, 1875-76

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...figures of Buddha with a standing chauribearer on each side of him; the members above are made to represent roofs over these compartments, as if each three compartments formed a small temple. In front of the foot of each side pilaster of the door, on a square block, is seated a small fat figure with high headdress. The dwdrapdlas are about 9 feet high and stand each on a conventionalized lotos flower: as in other instances, to be noticed both here and at Elura, they differ in many details,--that on the right side being almost always the more richly dressed of the two. That on the left (Plate XLIL, fig. 3) is very plainly dressed, except that the mukuta or headdress is somewhat elaborate: it is confined round the head by a jewelled cincture, over the front is a jewel, and a little higher is a figure of Buddha in the ascetic attitude with his soles turned up and his palms resting on them, this figure being also represented as enclosed within a border-of jewels. His ears are long, but in the right one is a long link coming down to the shoulder and supporting there a small earring; to the left ear is attached a large round disc some inches in diameter. Round the neck is a single string of beads; the clothing, not very clearly represented, is confined round the waist by a band, and lower a little by a jewelled belt to which is attached a chain: the vesture, however, seems to be gathered up from off the legs and held by the left hand. At his right side springs a lotos stalk which he clasps with his hand near the top, where it expands into a flower supporting a small image of Buddha; below is a short figure scantily dressed, but with a curly wig, behind which rise the quintuple hoods of a cobra, the usual emblem of a Naga figure. Above the dwdrapdla!8 right should...