Category: Narrative

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Ajanta Cave 1: narrative paintings

Jul 13, 2019

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1. Shrine Antechamber Mahapratiharya, right wall 2. Hall Sudhana, front-left corner Mahasudarshana, front-wall Janaka, left wall Kalyankarin, left wall Sibi Kapota, front wall Udrayana, front wall Maitribala, right wall Prabhasa, right wall Sankhapala/Janaka, left wall Champaka, rear wall Sumagadha, real wall Mahosadha, rear wall Nagakumara, right wall Related Images:

#88. Mahāprātihārya

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Cave No. 1 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 57). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.—There were six ascetics, who misled the followers of the Buddha when he preached about the path to salvation. They wanted to challenge the Buddha’s spiritual power in a contest. They sought King Bimbisāra’s endorsement, which was not…

#60. Campaka

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Cave No. 1 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 2).—The miffed wife of a nāga (serpent) king went to a royal court to complain that a hunter had caught her husband just so that he could put up his catch for display and earn some cheap brownie points. So far, the nāga king had been leading…

#76. Nāgakumāra

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Cave No. 1 Identification: Schlingloff (1977b, p. 913–917)In a previous age when a Buddha named Kāśyapa was living, a nāga (serpent) prince died in the claws of a garuḍa (eagle). Before his death, he saw some monks meditating in the hills and wished to become a monk in his next life. He was reborn as…

#53. Prabhāsa

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Cave No. 1 Identification: Schlingloff (1977c, p. 152).— King Prabhāsa caught an elephant. He trained the animal and decided to take him out for a walk one fine day. The elephant sniffed out the odour of a female elephant, it being the mating season, and was immediately aroused. In the flurry of jumbo activity that…

#80. Māravijaya

Jun 19, 2019

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Ajanta Cave 1. The narrative was identified by Griffiths (Burgess 1879, 14). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.—Indra, disguised as a grass-cutter, offered a bundle of straw to the Bodhisattva who had reached the stage just before the enlightenment. The Buddha first sat in the vajrāsana posture (vajrāsanam abhiruhya or Diamond Seat),…

#38. Mahoṣadha

Jun 13, 2019

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Ajanta cave 1 The narrative was identified by Goloubew (1927, 16). A prince was banished from his kingdom due to a court intrigue. He managed to reach Videha, his uncle’s kingdom. Shortly, the uncle died. So, the prince was crowned as the king of Videha. He found that there were six very corrupt ministers. So,…

#41. Kalyāṇakārin

Jun 13, 2019

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