Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c8.s7.20

v2.c8.s7.20

Between the Bodhisattva and the rājā there are two other figures, sitting on raised seats, with feet placed on the ground. They are probably the ministers of the rājā, and the one nearest the Bodhisattva seems to be the official who was seen in the lotus-lake scene with the fowler (Plate XV *a*). The rājā, as well as his two ministers, have made loops with their fingers, apparently to indicate that they are following the sermon of the Bodhisattva on the ‘riddle of life’.