Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s21.26

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The other scene perhaps represents Vidhurapaṇḍita discoursing to the ladies of the palace before his departure with Pūrṇaka to the Nāga world (Plate XXXVI b). The figure of Vidhurapaṇḍita in this subject is indeed a masterpiece of Ajanta art. The beautiful round face with its refined features and mystic expression is surely worthy of a Great Being such as the artists of Ajanta painted in the light of the Buddhist canon. The delineation of the right hand shows a love for beauty of form and sweetness of effect such as is often met with in the school of Raphael, though it will be only confusing to look for similarity in the two schools in other respects. Vidhurapaṇḍita is holding a lotus flower, which is symbolical of his divine birth.