Manuscript Illustrations Of Uttaradhyayana Sutra

Author(s): W Norman Brown
Publisher: American Oriental Society

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SANJAYA
The scene in HV (fig. 63) is closely similar to that of DV (fig. 62), but the deer this time is between the two at the bottom of the painting. The number of trees is three, including a plantain, and there is a peacock in the lower righthand corner beside the deer. -
In JM (fig. 64) the king is on foot at the upper right; below him is the horse. The painting gives the impression, perhaps false, that the artist did not know how to show the king actually in the saddle. At the bottom center is the deer and pursuing it is a hunting dog.
In the first (fig. 65) of JP's two paintings, a vigorous and well composed work, the king is mounted and has the arrow drawn to its head in the bow. A herd of deer flee before him; beside him runs the hound. Mountains at the bottom show the setting, and a tree at the left bending above the king, completes the composition. The whole is much like that of Persian hunting scenes, and there can be no doubt of Persian influence. JP's other painting (fig. 66) shows Gardabhāli, in the upper panel, preaching to Sanjaya, who is seated with hands upraised reverently. Behind Gardabhāli is an attendant monk, with a fly-whisk or chowrie (camara). In the lower panel a groom leads away the king's horse.