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downwards towards the water to convey the idea of undulating slopes; and with

eroded edges, red, to suggest earth.

To the left of the Buddha, and kneeling on the bank, is a donor whose right hand,

offering a golden dish containing fruit or flowers, is only partly visible. Near to the

hand is the knee of perhaps another figure wearing a green tunic bordered with

pink, edged with yellow, and below, a red skirt. All but these fragments of the

figures is missing, and may be probably found in Berlin.

At top left is a devatá in devotional attitude, looking towards the Buddha. This

figure and the monk beside it are faded and damaged by water, which had filtered

through from the roof.

On the right of the picture is another monk, his face turned away from the

centre and his left hand in vítarka-mudrá in imitation of the gesture of the Buddha.

Over his left shoulder hangs a tassel at the end of a buff and white cord. His ears

are normal, but those of the monk on the left are elongated and deeply slit. This

difference may mark different orders.

On the extreme right a second devatá, with folded hands, looks towards the

centre.

The greenish-buff background of the picture is relieved by scattered flowers and

leaves and the side borders are enriched with repeating `cloud' flowers, as in Bez.

111. Aa, plate xvi.

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