The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c9.214

c9.214

At the top we believe we can identify a representation — unique, so far as we know — of the *vyākaraṇa* of Jyotipāla (*Mahāvastu*, I, pp. 314-335 and 335-338) : Ghaṭikāra, the Potter, is bringing by force to the Buddha Kāçyapa his childhood's friend, the young Brahman Jyotipāla, the same who later became Çākya-muni, dragging him, in spite of his resistance, by the hair. On the left of Kāçyapa five monks, seated or standing, represent his community. The corners are filled with worshipping figures ; still others adorned the exterior of the half-arches.