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Jottnial of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Jtily, 1907,] 



Here we find AmogLasiddhi facing the east "with his seven- 

 hooded serpent canopy seated in the Abhaya madra on a throne 

 home by two Garudas. Amitabha is facing the west and is 

 seated in the Dhyana . naudra on a throne home by two pea- 

 cocks. Ratnasambhava is seated facing the south in the Yarada 

 naudra on a throne borne hy two horses. There are two niches 

 facing the east. One of theih contains the figure of Aksohhya seated 

 in the BhumisparSa mudra on a throne borne by two elephants. 

 The other niche contains a figure of Vairocana seated in the Dhar- 

 macakra mudra on a throne borne by two lions ( Siiiiha), ' 

 Statues of Vairocana are not very common. !Mahamahopadhyaya 

 Hara Prasada Sastri informs me that Vairocana is represented only 

 on the great caitya at Svayambhunatha iti Xepal, and so this may 

 be a copy of that stupa. This conjecture is confirmed to„ some 

 extent by the presence of the "eyes of the Adi-Buddha " on the 

 hase of the umbrella wliich are also to be found only on the 

 Syayambhu caitya.* Curiously enough hoth of the caityas come 

 from Behar. They belonged originally to the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal. 



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A For the description of the Dhyanl Buddhas see Oldfield's Sketches 

 from Nepal, Vol. II, pp. 166-169. 



2 Cunningham'g Bhilsa Topes, p, 8. For a representation of the 

 Svayambhu caitya see Oldfield's Nepal, Vol. I. 



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