Ajanta: The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography v4.c17.126

v4.c17.126

¹ From *nāmnā* to *ttraye* we have obviously a hemistich in the *Anuṣṭubh* metre. Between *nā* and *mnā* there is again a blank, apparently due to the roughness of the stone. ² Between *li* and *a* there is a little blank space which is due to the medial *u* of *rbhu* of *Chaturbhuja*, in the previous line, extending downwards. ³ This may not have been a letter, but only a blank owing to the roughness of the stone. ⁴ Between *e* and *thu* there is a little blank space due to the medial *u* of *ṭṭu* of *raṭṭu*, in the foregoing line, extending downwards. ⁵ The letter *the* appears above the line. Next to it are some vertical strokes which must be natural depressions in the stone.