Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v2.c9.11

v2.c9.11

Below the green band we again notice a hermit wearing a rosary of circular and elongated black beads. As the fresco is much damaged, the religious attitude (mudrā) cannot be studied. The hair of the hermit is scattered over his shoulders. In front of the hermit were painted two more figures which have almost perished, and only portions of their heads can now be discerned. Below the feet of the hermit there is another inscription (no. 3) in two lines, relating to the subject which is painted farther down on the wall. The fresco is badly damaged here as well, and we can make out only three figures, one of a tawny-white complexion wearing a pair of necklaces, another, rather faint, to be traced by a portion of the torso, and the third, comparatively prominent on account of the gesture of the fingers, showing amazement.