The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.90
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.90
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21. (L., 168). We are carried to the next halting-place, Lambaka. Çyâmâka, the young layman, the sole companion who remained with Mahâkâtyâyana, receives from the people of the country an offer of the throne. A miracle, which is frequent in the texts, but unsuitable for representation on stone (the shade of the tree under which he stands remains stationary, in order to shelter him), has revealed to them the excellence of his merit.