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anxiety of afflicted persons by a mere look, he put to shame the might of 
Dhanvantari* * * § and was regarded as equal to a Kalpa-taruf by people whose 
desires he had fulfilled by granting to them all objects wished for. By 
him was erected this house for tho best thing in the world, the adamantine 
seat (vajrasana), as lofty as his own mind, which the movers in ©rial cars 
mistake for a peak of Kailasa orMandara, when they look at it. With his 
desires fixed on enlightenment (or true knowledge — sambodhi) and with 
a heroism rivalling his other qualities, he, practising liberality to the friends 
of all creatures by giving his all, and exercising his holy authority here, 
hoisted the banner of his fame on the two poles of his familyj (family of 
father and mother) in Uttarapatha. Since in the shape of his famous deeds 
he erected a staircase to ascend the place of final emancipation and obtained 
religious merit, may all people without exception, headed by his father and 
all the elder ones, attain to real knowledge§ (sambodhi) ! May the bright 
fame of Viradeva last in the world as long as the tortoise bears the earth begirt 
with the seas, as long as the sun with his warm rays, the destroyer of dark- 
ness, shines, and as long as the cool-beamed moon renders the nights bright !” 
In the middle of the east wall of the vihara I found a very beautiful 
figure three parts concealed in the ruins. It is now in my collection at 
Bihar, and I extract the description of it from my catalogue : — “ No. XYI. 
A magnificent alto-relievo figure in black basalt, eight feet high, probably of 
Yajrasattva Buddha [Schlagintweit, p. 53]. The feet rest on a lotus 
pedestal, and there is no throne underneath. The hair rises from the fore- 
head, and is twisted into a pyramidieal cone which is nearly a foot in height. 
In its midst a Buddha is seated in the state of contemplation. A jewelled 
frontlet passes from behind the ear over the brow. The figure is four-armed, 
and each wrist is ornamented with an elaborately wrought bangle or bracelet. 
Other jewels adorn the feet, and the upper part of the arms, or rather the 
root of the four arms, for the second pair appear only to spring from the 
elbows. Above the head two winged figures support a jewelled crown with 
three points. The upper hand on the left side grasps a lotus stalk springing 
from tho ground, while the lower holds a large bell, the rim and clapper of 
which are ornamented with a bead-work pattern. The palm of the hands 
on the right side are turned outwards and exhibit the mark of sovereignty. 
The upper one grasps a “ mala,” or rosary. A ribbon, or scarf, three inches 
wide, passes over the left shoulder across tho body. A cloth covered with 
a pattern of stars depends from a cord beneath the navel, and extends as 
* Physician of the gods. 
f A heavenly tree having the power of granting anything desired. 
t The word • vans'a’ means ' race or family’ and ‘ a pole or lamboo,’ and is here 
used in both the senses. 
§ By means of his good deeds which serve as a staircase. 
