The University of Nalanda c12.40

c12.40

We have a very fine specimen of Maitreya in a stone image.² It is a standing figure, richly decorated with ornaments. Its right hand is in *Varadamudrā*, boon-giving pose; in the left there is an oval vase, and also the hem of the upper garment. As in the Buddha described above, the robe covers both the shoulders and ends on both sides of the body in a fold in the shape of a swallow's tail. On the left of the figure, in a corner, there is a worshipper.³