83. The Bodhisativa receives the russet monk's dress
A Cuddhavasakayika gods son named Vimalaprabha offered the Bodhisattva divine monks' garments reddish of color, fitting and suitable for a ,cramana. The Bodhisattva took them and having dressed himself betimes in the morning and having put on the coat went his way to the village. (267: 9).
Both sides of the relief shew a wooded landscape, but of a milder sort than in several preceding reliefs; the rocks are reduced to mere surface projections in the ground. Some animals are included to enliven the scene, especially to the left, two elephants, two monkeys in the trees and one peacock. The Bodhisattva advances from the wood on the left, holding out his right hand lo accept the present. In front of him stand three gods, the first of whom is handing over a garment of small size while the third holds a larger garment, the two pieces needed to complete the three-piece dress of a monk, with the coat that has just been made. On the ground, behind these standing figures, are three gods sitting.