The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.211

c11.s1.211

II. — *Upper scene.* On the left the Bodhisattva (already under the aspect of a Buddha) is seated on a throne covered with a lotus, and in conversation with his master Ârâḍa. The latter exhibits all the characteristic marks of the Brahmanic ascetic, as do also his other disciples, who, in the midst of a conventional landscape of trees and rocks, which represents their hermitage, occupy the rest of the picture, meditating or praying, their rosaries round their necks or in their hands.