404 Notes on the Caves of Burabur. [May, 



and most often repeated ; the next is the Lingam, and again the Gouri 

 Sunkur, or Mahadeva, caressing Parhutti, who is seated on his knee, 

 with the bull, "Nandi" at his feet, and the "Sinha" or lion at 

 her's. There is one block hewn into the shape of a small temple, 

 with niches and images on the four sides. It has formed part of a 

 small Dehgope to the memory of some departed devotee of heretical 

 sect, the great Budha temple is likewise a funeral monument, as I shall, 

 I hope, establish hereafter in a treatise on the subject of the Dehgopes 

 or Chaityas for which I have collected much matter. 



The sculptures on the detached blocks are in a very rude style, but, 

 this may be attributable in some measure to the extreme coarseness, 

 and hardness of the material, as well as inequality in the grain. The 

 weather was so windy and cold that I could not make proper drawings 

 of these sculptures, but the accompanying rough sketch will convey 

 some idea of their position, particularly of those to the arrangement of 

 which I would call attention, as follows : — 



First niche, from proper right, male figure erect with a spear ; 2nd, 

 female figure " Pudmavati" or " Maya Davee;" 3rd, Budha seated ; 4th, 

 Mahadeva and Parbutti, commonly called "Gouri Sunkur ;" Parbutti 

 seated on Mahadeva' s knee with the bull Nandi at his feet, and the 

 Sinha or lion at her's ; 5th, male figure erect with four arms ; No. 6, 

 male figure riding on the shoulders of another ; 7th, the Lingum and Yoni ; 

 8th, male half figure " Aruna?" 9th, Mahadeva and Parbutti repeated ; 

 10th, male figure erect holding a lotus in each hand, probably " Surya ;" 

 11th, Gunesha; 12th, female figure with four arms, attended by Nandi 

 and Sinha, perhaps meant for "Durga," 13th, male figure standing on 

 a prostrate figure. After these, nine niches have, what appears to me 

 to be, Durga slaying Mahesh Asiir, with her trident ; she has one foot 

 on the buffaloe's neck and holds it by the hind leg. This subject is 

 repeated on many detached rocks. The Linga is of as frequent occur- 

 rence. There is one very large four-faced Linga called the Chou- 

 murti Mahadeva, such as may be seen in the caves of Ellora ; it is of 

 common occurrence in this district. This subject of the Linga I shall 

 reserve also for a future paper, and here take leave of the Kowa Dol. 



We now proceed eastward for half a mile or more, then skirting the 

 southern base of the main cluster for a mile, an embankment is met 

 with connecting one spur of the hill with the other, which together 



