Buddhist Art in Java

PLATE XXXVIII

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Plate XXXVIII Cf pp. 234-235

I. - Cf. pp. 234-5. Note in the case of the Buddhist nun the complete tonsure of the head and the total absence of jewels, conformably to the rule of the monastic order to which she belongs. The first feminine person seen full-length on the right of the king is, doubtless, queen Candraprabha.

II. - Cf. p. 235. It is the latter whom we find again in the following scene, kneeling on the ground in the costume of a nun. Between her and the bench on which are seated the two bhikshunis (whose heads have been displaced with the block which carried them) curious utensils of worship will be noticed.

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