Tag: Ajanta Cave 16

  • #39. Mūkapaṅgu

    #39. Mūkapaṅgu

    Cave No. 16 Identification: Schlingloff (1977a, p. 472–476).— When Prince Udaka (Water) grew up, people would call him Mūkapaṅgu, meaning ‘Dumb and Numb.’ He had seen his father pronouncing death sentences. So, he feigned an incapacity to become a king. Nobody could make him utter a sound or move a limb. The doctors diagnosed that…

  • #30. Mahākapi 

    #30. Mahākapi 

    Cave No. 16 (No photo.) Identification: Schlingloff (2013, p. 139–143). For the story, vide Cave 17, No. 31. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; Schlingloff 2013, I, 139-143 Related Images:

  • #73. Nanda

    #73. Nanda

    Cave No. 16 Identification: episodes 7, 8, 10, 11 by Foucher (1921, narrative no. 55).— After the enlightenment, on his first visit to the hometown of Kapilavastu, the Buddha convinced many to follow his doctrine. His half-brother, Nanda, immersed in passion for his wife, Sundarī (Beauteous), missed that sermon. While the Buddha went from house…

  • #91. Mahāprātihārya

    #91. Mahāprātihārya

    Cave No. 16 Identification: Vogel (1948, p. 157). For the legend, vide Cave 1, No. 88. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; Schlingloff 2013, I, 488-490 Related Images:

  • #82. Mahāsamāja

    #82. Mahāsamāja

    Cave No. 16 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 61).— Near Kapilavastu, the Buddha delivered a sermon to the monks before the Mahāsamāja (Great Assembly) of gods. The four Brahmā gods too moved from heaven, each pronounced a verse and left. The Buddha recognised and disclosed the presence of the deities to the monks: the Four…

  • #64. Bhagavān

    #64. Bhagavān

    Cave No. 16 Identification: episodes 1–5, 8–15, 19–20, 23, 25, 28–29, and 31 by Schlingloff (1983, p. 119–122, 127–131, 135–136, 140, 142–144, 146), episodes 6 and 7 by Yazdani (III, 1946, p. 67, 167), episodes 16, 18, and 24 by Burgess (1879, p. 60 f.), episode 17 by Griffiths (1896, p. 33), and episodes 21–22,…

  • #85. Devāvatāra

    Cave No. 16 (No photo.) Identification: Begley (1966, p. 141). For the story, vide Cave 16, No. 84. —Source: Singh 2019, 31-33; Schlingloff 2013, I, 476 Related Images:

  • #26. Hastin

    #26. Hastin

    Cave No. 16 Identification: Foucher (1921, narrative no. 22).— Once a group of travellers were lost in a forest, tired and exhausted to death. They met an elephant (hastin) and pleaded with him for help. The elephant, knowing that they would not find food in the oasis, directed them to a rock-bed, where they could…