Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v4.c17.109

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v4.c17.109

Further, our inscription mentions one Lalitāvaloka immediately after Vajraṭṭadeva. Their relation is, however, not clear. Dr. A. S. Altekar says: 'The avaloka-ending epithets were peculiarly associated with the Rāṣṭrakūṭas.' He illustrates the point by citing several instances: Nāgāvaloka, Khaḍgāvaloka, Vikramāvaloka, Mānāvaloka, Raṇāvaloka, Guṇāvaloka, and Dharmāvaloka.⁷ To this list may be added Lalitāvaloka of our inscription. Can this be an epithet of Vajraṭṭadeva himself?

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