The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.s2.85

v2.c16.s2.85

The second compartment is 22 feet 4 inches in length, the height and breadth being as in the last. The pillars of the front row are also of the same pattern as in the first compartment, but those in the inner row are octagonal and very much tapering (Woodcut No. 5). On the back wall along its whole length occurs a series of Dhyānī Buddhas each one foot high, and below it in a separate frame a female figure seated on a large stool, with one leg crossed and the other hanging. Below the stool is a lion couchant. Some of the female figures are four-handed, others eight-handed.