Plate XXXV Cf pp. 220-222

I. - Upper scene. That on pi. XXXIV, 2 (upper scene) the Bodhisattva is, in fact, on the eve of his last re-descent upon our earth, may be seen in this picture, the next in the upper row of bas-reliefs. Seated in the pose of meditation under a much decorated pavilion, which forms a kind of tabernacle, he still floats above the clouds in the midst of his flying cortege of divinities, of whom some are conveying him, whilst others wave banners, fans, fly-flappers and parasols as pledges of his future princely dignity.

Lower scene. Cf., p. 221. Grouped on the right, the royal insignia (parasol, fly-flapper, conical fan, and leaf of sente [alocasia macrorrhiza SCHOTT.], the last « still used by the Javanese, says Dr. Groneman, as a provisional umbrella »), will naturally reappear in all the court pictures (cf. pi. XXXVI, I, lower scene, etc.).