Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s21.30

v2.c8.s21.30

In front of Vidhurapaṇḍita is Pūrṇaka, who is squatting on the floor and looking eagerly at the former. He has made a loop (*dharmacakra?*) with his right hand, apparently to suggest that he is following the teaching of the sagacious minister. Near the pillar, at the left extremity of the scene, is a doorkeeper or guard, announcing that the retinue for the minister's departure is ready outside the palace. The doorkeeper as usual is clad in a long coat (*aṅrakhā*) of blue cloth. The gesture of the fingers of his right hand is symbolical of the *dharmacakra* pose, while that of the fingers of the left hand, the forefinger being separated from the rest, perhaps indicates a forlorn hope regarding the return of his master from the kingdom of the Nāgas.