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Title: Ruins of Buddhistic temples in Pragä valley: Tyandis Barabudur, Mendut and Pawon
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Groneman, I. (Isaac), 1832-1912
Subjects: Temples, Buddhist Temples -- Java
Publisher: Semarang, H.A. Benjamins
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ented as a bird or asman-bird provided with wings and claws or at least with the beakof a bird of prey, the French-Indian scholar assured me hedid know Vishnus representations seated on such a monster-headonly (23). It was / who afterwards found such garuda-hesids with claws ofa bird of prey (with 3 or sometimes 4 front-toes). As for the rest Garuda is the deitys faithful servant, and, accordingto the Buddists of the northern church, Vishnu must have revealed him-self in their Buddha for the ninth time. He is also the natural defenderof this church, and the destroyer of its subterranean enemy. In the form of the Javanese keris (creese) I found, for about sevenyears ago, the naga mostly adorned with a proboscis and anelephants lip which may be taken as an indisputable proof of thetruth of our idea about this naga-symbol. But we are standing in front of the eastern staircase, or beforethat which has remained of it. (23) Bulletin de Iecole francmse cVExtreme Orient, I, No : 1 page 21-22.
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Northern staircase of the ruin of the Barabudur, withthe gate leading from the fourth polygonal and surroundingterrace to the round ones and the high m\d6\Q,-dagob. Theonly gate which has remained in tact, with the Garuda-Ndga ornament on its frontside. -33- Even the beautiful banisters rising from above, out of a monstersmule, and ending in a naga-head with trunk curled up, are no moreto be seen (24), Eight high steps lead us to the first gallery. The very first thing we see is that the two walls are hewn withtwo series of imageries richly framed, and placed above each other,whilst it is clear to be seen that this must have been done after thatthese walls had been run up from their combination of stone-blocks,and that an uninterrupted band of exquisite festoons has been affixedabove these sculptures under the cornice of the 6acA:-wall. Because of their having been modelled in relief style all thesesculptures are therefore no basso but alto-relivoes. The upper series of the front wall

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