87. The Bodhisattva accepts a seat from a naga-maiden

Now when the Bodhisattva had stepped out of the river, he looked about along the bank desirous to be seated. Then appeared the naga-maiden of the liver Nairanj ana from out of the earth and offered the Bodhisattva a stately seat made of precious stones. (270: 1).

This relief too has suffered a good deal but is still quite distinct. The throne is in the centre, wide, the back carved at the sides with makara-heads; it has a large oblong cushion on it, nothing else. On the right next to it under a tree kneels the naga-maiden with her hands on the ground in front of her, before her stands the Bodhisattva with the food-bowl in his right and the tip of his garment in the left hand, still on the same flat lotus-cushion of the last relief. The water still ripples round it and in front of the nagi and the seat; the Bodhisattva has evidently not yet stepped out of the water as the text required him to do, although the rocks next to the cushion shew that he is near the bank. On the left of the seat some more nag~'s are kneeling with flowers in their hands, evidently the servants of the one who provides the seat. The whole background here and behind the throne is decorated with banners.