Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c9.10

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Kṣāntivādi (Pāli khantivādi) is synonymous with the more usual term kṣāntivādin = ‘the preacher of patience’, and the person represented was the hermit of the Jātaka discoursing to the king’s wives, traces of one of whom can still be seen opposite the hermit.