By the radiance that shone from the body of the Bodhisattva the dwelling of the naga-king Kalika was illuminated. He rose up accompanied by the female naga's, and looked out towards the direction of the four winds. There he saw him, resembling the Meru, shining in his own radiance, surrounded by a multitude of gods and danava's, by Brahma, Indra and yaksa's, who delighted to honor him and shew him the way. And the nagaking glad and joyful of mind, honored the best one of the world, fell at his feet and stood humbly before the Monk. Also the nagamaidens enraptured and joyful, came to do honor to the Monk, strewed flowers, perfume and ointments, and did resound instruments of music. t274: 16; 275: 9, 14; 281: 9; 282: 9).

What caused the sculptor to unite the homage by Brahma and that by Kalika on one relief, is unknown to us; but the result is that the naga's only get a very small place in the scene, much less important than the popularity of this episode in the Buddhist world leads us to expect and very much less characteristic than the curious scene on the Gandhara-reliefs 1) with which Barabudur has no other similarity than that Kalika and his spouse appear on the same scene with some figures of gods, among whom in Gandhara is Brahma too, not however as the chief figure in a company but only as one of the two more or less passive gods who accompany the Bodhisattva on the whole of his journey from the Nairanjana to Bodhimanda. Possibly this may account for the appearance of a group of unemployed gods on No. 90 and for the fact that on the relief we are now describing, besides the group with Brahma, several other gods are to be seen who apparently do nothing but form a sort of guard of honor for the Bodhisattva. According to the passage quoted above, the text also makes mention, though incidentally, of this divine escort. On the relief it quite gives the impression of being the Bodhisattva's company. He stands, with the right hand in vitarka-mudra and the tip of his garment in the left, on a lotus cushion; the suite is on the right, all standing, except a kneeling umbrella-bearer. On the stick of this is attached only the usual pennon, while the umbrella itself for want of space is pushed a bit to the right and in that way gets a curious tend in the handle. On the left, separated from the Bodhisattva by a vase of flowers, kneels Brahma, to be recognized by his tied-up hair; he makes a sembah and his followers carry flowers. In the background we have here, besides an umbrella, three flagstaffs with cakra's and more to the left, many more banners and pennons, possibly brought by the company that comes to do homage, but maybe intended for the roaddecoration, mentioned on page 195; of this decoration there are more traces in the garlands with pendant lotus-flowers all along the top edge of the relief. On the left, behind the group of Brahma, the naga's are sitting; Kalika with a company of three, two of them maidens with flowers. The naga-king himself holds a sticl; fixed in a knot-shaped pedestal, with a large jewel at the top and the usual pennon fluttering round the staff l); this is certainly meant for a mark of honor to the Bodhisattva. On the before-mentioned reliefs at Gandhara the design is quite different; there the naga and one spouse rise up from behind the balustrade that is supposed to surround their lake.