A Short Guide to the Cave Temples of Elura With An Introduction
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This cave, which is a Yihara or monastery, does not appear to have been ever properly finished A considerable por- tion of the front wall and verandah have disap- peared. The roof is supported on twelve square columns. The sanctuary consists of a Buddha seated on a throne with the usual attendants on each side of him and the gandharvas over-head. The back of the throne upon which he is seated contains figures of the e'ephant Sardula and Makara. To the right are a series of figures representing ...what is usually styled a "Buddha litany. " Cave IV. — This is in great measure destroyed, Caveiv. And the front or outer hall has altogether collapsed. The entrance is by means of a side door facing the south ; a portion of a small chamber to which it gives 16 Cave IV. Access is blocked up by a large stone which has fallen from above, carrying with it an arm and a leg of a sitting Buddha from a sbrine on the top of a chamber. The sanctuary contains a figure of Buddha seated in the teaching attitude, with a halo surrounding his head, from behind which the sacred Bo tree springs.
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