The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.15

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neighbour of the young *nâga* Janmacitraka, who resides in a pond near the capital of northern Pâñcâla, and who by « dispensing at an opportune moment the exact amount of rain which is necessary » assures abundance to the country. But we can hardly rely upon the resemblance between the Brahman ascetic who goes before him, bearing in his right hand a kind of bent pruning-bill, and the snake-charmer whose witchcraft we are soon to witness.