The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.78
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.78
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11. (The drawing does not appear in L.). The scene is obviously the same, except in two points. Firstly, a second nun, squatting behind Çailâ, represents doubtless the quorum necessary for an ordination. In the second place, there are now only women in the audience, and the place formerly occupied by the king is taken by a third *bhikshunî* kneeling. Immediately the text invites us to recognize in this novice queen Candraprabhâ, who, conscious of her approaching death, has obtained from Rudrâyaṇa authority to enter into religion (pl. XXXVIII, 2).