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seated below. Lower right, the Nativity; Maya Devi under the asoka- 

 tree, supporting herself by one hand (woman and tree, or yaksi motif), 

 with one attendant; to her proper right, the Four Great Kings holding 

 a cloth on which the presence of the infant, miraculously born from her 

 right side, is indicated by two small feet. The stool represents the First 

 Bath. Lower left, Presentation at the Shrine of the Yaksa Sakyavard- 

 hana, as related in the Tibetan Dulva ; Mahaprajapati, aunt of the child, 

 holding the infant in the cloth, where its presence is again indicated by 

 the two small feet ; two female attendants, one with an umbrella. The 

 shrine of the tutelary Yaksa consists of a tree and altar, the Yaksa 

 visibly emerging from the altar and bowing to the child. From Amara- 

 vatl, late second century A. D. ; now in the British Museum. 

 Another representation of the same subject, also from AmaravatI, is illus- 

 trated in Fergusson, J., Tree and Serpent Worship, PI. LXIX ; here 

 the Yaksa is leaning forward from a sort of booth which may be called 

 a temple, and bowing to the child. A third example (Burgess, Buddhist 

 stnpas of Amaravati and jagayyapeta, frontispiece, detail) resembles that 

 of our Plate 20. A fourth, ib. PI. XXXII, 2, differs from our Plate 20 

 only in minute details. 



Plate 21 



1. Maya Devi's dream, Descent of the Bodhisattva, in the form of a white 



elephant. The elephant is seen in a pavilion, supported by four Yaksas. 

 Amaravati, late second century A. D. India Office photograph. 



2. The visit of Indra. On the right, the Yaksa Vajrapani above, Indra stand- 



ing below. Kusana, second century A. D., Mathura. Property of 

 L. Rosenberg, Paris. 



3. 4. Paiicika and Hariti, from door jambs. Kusana, Mathura, first or second 



century A. D. 



5. Paiicika and Hariti. Kusana, Mathura, first or second century A. D. 



6. Scene from the Buddha's life : the Buddha, nimbate, in center, the Bodhi 



tree above him ; on the proper right, four women, of whom two at least 

 are represented as tree spirits. I cannot identify the scene. Amaravati, 

 late second century A. D. British Museum ? India Office photograph. 



Plate 22. 



1. Yaksi (vrksaka, dryad) bracket, from the Kaiikali Tila, Mathura. Kusana, 



first century A. D. Lucknow Museum. L. Mus. photograph. 



2. Yaksi, Madura, seventeenth century. Photograph by Dr. Denman W. Ross. 



3. Nari-lata, ivory, Ceylon, eighteenth century. Colombo Museum. Author's 



photograph. 



4. Yaksa, probably Kubera; now C 18 in the Mathura Museum. Author's 



photograph. 



Plate 23 



I, 2. Yaksa (gana) garland-bearers. One with an elephant's head, suggesting 

 Ganesa. Amaravati, late second century A. D. Madras Museum? India 

 Office photographs. 



3. Palace of Kamadeva, a dance of Yaksas. Central architrave, back face of 

 " north iorana, Sarici, about 100 B. C. India Office photograph. 



