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No. VIII. Plans A.

INDRA SABHA.

The upper part of Indra Sabha. No. 1, The verandah. 2, The gigantic figure of Indra sitting on an elephant. 3, Indrani, his consort, seated on a lion, the same size as the former figure. 4, A pedestal, on which has been placed a sexual emblem of Maha-Deva, the great god, or the divinity in his quality of destroyer. 5, A recess with Adinatha, who seems the presiding idol of these caves. 6, The staircase leading down to the lower apartment. The height of the pillars fourteen feet.

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Indra Sabha.

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