Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s7.15

v2.c8.s7.15

Behind the rājā, near the door, is a figure draped in white, and making a loop (dharma-cakra) with the fingers of the right hand. There are three more figures near the rājā, one of which, pinkish in colour, has placed his right hand on the palm of his left. The artist, by this gesture, apparently means to show the earnestness of the figure in following the sermon of the divine bird. The gestures of the other two figures cannot be made out, and the head of one of them is broken, though it may be seen that he is wearing pearl jewellery.