Nurses

Nurses for small children in many cases are in no way distinguished from ordinary women; but there are scenes where they seem to be indicated by a curious headband in else style of a diadem with thick round pompons on it. This sort of nurse can be seen on O 44

Series O Plate VI 44 713a.JPG

IBa 145

balustrade Series IBa Plate XVII 145 1726.JPG balustrade

IIB 10,21, 32, 76

Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate I 10 3535b.JPG Awad-Jatakas	Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate IV 21 3540a.JPG Awad-Jatakas
Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate VI 32 3544a.JPG Awad-Jatakas	Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate XV 76 3562a.JPG Awad-Jatakas

There are many more nurses who do not wear this headdress, but the fact remains that this kind of costume is only found on nurses in charge of small children. It is impossible to make out why there are so many of them on the second balustrade; if this is not due to any fancy of the sculptor the coincidence should be noted. Sometimes, not always, a double band that looks like beads is worn with this headdress IBa 145

balustrade Series IBa Plate XVII 145 1726.JPG balustrade

II B 76

Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate XV 76 3562a.JPG Awad-Jatakas

; a thinner kind of necklace is worn on IBb 53 and 100

####No Reference found IBb, 53 ####No Reference found IBb, 100

but the headdress is now indistinct. The same with IIB 24

Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate V 24 3541a.JPG Awad-Jatakas

where the women have a very chicle necklace with a sort of fringe to it; the children on this relief are too big to be nursed. I will here just mention the few instances of children's playthings; relief Ib 36

main wall Series Ib Plate XVIII 36 1174b.JPG main wall

shews a miniature standard with a cushion-shaped top, very likely a rattle; IBa 120

balustrade Series IBa Plate XIV 120 1703.JPG balustrade

probably a rattle of simpler shape, and IIB 32

Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate VI 32 3544a.JPG Awad-Jatakas

looks like some sort of bell unless it is meant for a flower. I also suggested the possibility that the little kinnara's being made on Ib 51

main wall Series Ib Plate XXVI 51 1182a.JPG main wall

might be intended as playthings for the small boy who appears in the scene. Children playing in the water seems to be the subject of Ib 95

main wall Series Ib Plate XLVIII 95 1205a.JPG main wall

School where lessons are being given first by a brahman, then a monk, we find on IIB 25 and 26

Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate V 25 3541b.JPG Awad-Jatakas	Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate V 26 3542a.JPG Awad-Jatakas

; in that on relief 25 the scholars have books in their hands, but at the other school they are listening most respectfully to the master. In the school where (;-akyamuni receives his first lessons, or rather proves that he requires none, Ia 38

Life of Buddha Series Ia Plate XIX 38 2574b.JPG Life of Buddha

the scholars who seem to be older, also have books; further scenes of instruction-giving are the whole series that begins with O 79

Series O Plate X 79 797b.JPG

then IIB 33 and 34

Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate VI 33 3544b.JPG Awad-Jatakas	Awad-Jatakas Series IIB Plate VII 34a 3545a.JPG Awad-Jatakas

; in this last scene the scholars are no children but grown-ups, some with beards. The same with the instruction in the Veda's given by the sons of the gods before the birth of Buddha, relief Ia 3

Life of Buddha Series Ia Plate II 3 2557a.JPG Life of Buddha

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