Oriental Scenery/Part 6/Plate 8

by Thomas Daniell and William Daniell

No. VIII. Plans A.

INDRA SABHA.

The upper part of Indra Sabha. No. 1, The verandah. 2, The gigantic figure of Indra sitting on an elephant. 3, Indrani, his consort, seated on a lion, the same size as the former figure. 4, A pedestal, on which has been placed a sexual emblem of Maha-Deva, the great god, or the divinity in his quality of destroyer. 5, A recess with Adinatha, who seems the presiding idol of these caves. 6, The staircase leading down to the lower apartment. The height of the pillars fourteen feet.

Indra Sabha.