Buddhist Art in Java

PLATE XLII

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Plate XLII Cf pp. 246-247

I. - Here, again, it would never be suspected that Maitrakanyaka is supposed to kick his mother on the head : such is, however, the subject (cf. pp. 245-6). This portion of the wall shows very serious cracks.

II - Cf. pp. 246 7. The dvarapala is to be compared with those who likewise guard the gates of the Brahmanic temples of Java. A palisade of the same kind as th it of which we get a side view on the left is seen again from the front on pll. XL, i (lower scene) and XLIV.

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