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splendid temple of Boro Budur, where they are
found in the most complete and satisfactory form.
These groups represent a great variety of subjects,
such as audiences, processions, religious worship
in temples, hunting and maritime scenes. I
shall select for description a few of those that seem
most directly connected with the mythological history
of the temple. On the external face of the third
wall, Buddha is represented in a great many instances.
Clpse to the gateway, in particular, is
one group in which he is the principal figure. The
sage, or deity, is surrounded by a crowd of disciples
or votaries, some sitting and some standing j
most of them are in the act of presenting gifts,
which, in agreement with the assumed mildness of
spirit which is the characteristic of his religion, are
found to consist of nothing but fruits and flowers,
Male votaries appear on one side, and female on
the other, while the sage sitting in the centre appears
to address the multitude.
On the fourth wall of. the same magnificent
temple, Buddha is repeatedly represented addressing
certain persons, who, contrary to the usual
practice in the temple, are represented with beards,
and whom I conjecture to be the Bramins of the
bloody worship of the Hindu destroyer. In another
place, his own votaries, with their smooth
chins, are listening to him from the clouds j and in
a third place, a battle is fought in his presence,