Category: Cave 16
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#52. Maitrībala
Cave No. 16 Identification: Schlingloff (1972, p. 63–65). For the story, vide Cave 1, narrative no. 50. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; cf. Schlingloff 2013, I, 238-241 Related Images:
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Ajanta Cave 16: narrative paintings
Hastin, Bisa, Mukapangu, Vishvantara, Kumbha, Sutasoma, Mahasamaja, Devavatara Bhagavan Nanda Mahapratiharya Related Images:
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Ajanta Cave 16
Ajanta Cave 16 is most noted for its epigraphic value. It has a long incised inscription on the left wall of the facade. The damaged front wall has a single door and there is an inscription in shell characters on its Cave 16 is a Mahayana Vihara of late fifth century A.D. It has a…
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#84. Devāvatāra
Cave No. 16 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative nos. 58–60). The legend is from the life of the Buddha.—After defeating the ascetics with his superhuman powers, the Buddha went to Indra’s heaven. He spent three months there and preached the doctrine to his mother, who was reborn as a goddess, besides other gods and goddesses. On…
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#56. Sutasoma
Cave No. 16 Sutasoma. (No photo.) Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 20). For the story, vide Cave 17, No. 57. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; cf. Schlingloff 2013, I, 251-252 Related Images:
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#12. Vartakāpota
Cave No. 1 (No photo.) Identification: Schlingloff (1977a, p. 458 f.)— There was a little vartakā (Hindi/Gujarati baṭér; Eng. quail). It had eaten only the vegetative leftovers of the food brought to the nest by its parents. Once there was a forest fire, which soon approached the nest. All the birds flown away except the little…
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#36. Vyāghrī
Cave No. 16 (No photo.) Identification: Begley (1966, p. 125, n. 9).— Once there was a tigress in a jungle. A brahman was passing by. He saw her starving. He feared that she might eat her own cubs. So, he climbed a hillock and jumped to death in front of her so that the tigress can…