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PART B

17 ff., and Vol. III (1937), Pl. XXIII (18); LÃ¼ders, Bharh. (1941), p. 172.

TEXT:
Arahaguto devaputo^[1]

TRANSLATION:
The angel Arahaguta (Arhadgupta).

The subject of the sculpture of which only the left half is preserved is the abhinishkramaṇa of the Bodhisattva. In the upper portion the Bodhisattva, who is indicated by his footprints, is stepping out of the palace, watched by two female deities. In the middle portion the horse Kanthaka is seen being led along the city-wall by Chhanna, while two gods are looking on with their hands reverentially joined and a third is waving a chaurī. A parasol and two chaurīs over the horse show that the Bodhisattva is sitting on it. In the lower portion the horse appears again on its way outside the city, accompanied by several gods rendering homage or giving vent to their delight. One of them is bearing a drum, while the one on the left who stands with his hands joined in devotion, seems to be the leader of the host, as he is designated by the label. We have met him already in the relief described under No. B 18, where he appears as the speaker of the gods exhorting the Bodhisattva to incarnate himself. Buddhist literature seems to ignore his name.

B 21 (775); PLATES XVIII, XXXVI

ON the left outer face of the same pillar as No. A 59, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 3). The inscription is engraved on the uppermost relief on the roof of a building. First published by Cunningham, PASB. 1874, p. 112, with correction by Childers-de Zoysa, Academy, Vol. VII (1875), p. 454. Edited again by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 109; 136 f., No. 64, and Pl. XVI and LIV; Hoernle, IA. Vol. XI (1882), p. 29 ff., No. 25 a; Hultzsch, ɀDMG. Vol. XL (1886), p. 68, No. 78, and Pl.; IA. Vol. XXI (1892), p. 233, No. 78; Huber, BEFEO. Vol. XIV, No. 1 (1914), p. 14 ff.; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 54 ff. Nos. 155 and 156; Barua, Barh. Vol. II (1934), p. 19 ff., and Vol. III (1937), Pl. XLII (39).

TEXT:

1 Sudhaṁmā devasabhā
2 bhagavato chūḍāmaho

TRANSLATION:

The hall of the gods Sudhaṁmā (Sudharmā).
The festival of the hair-lock of the Holy One.
[B 21 and B 22 refer to one and the same sculpture.]
See the remarks under No. B 22.

B 22 (776); PLATES XVIII, XXXVI

ON the left outer face of the same pillar as No. A 59, now in the India Museum, Calcutta (P 3). The inscription is engraved on the same relief as No. B 21, on the roof of another building. Edited by Cunningham, PASB. 1874, p. 113; StBh. (1879), p. 109; 137,
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