Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ajanta Caves' has mentioned 'Jataka' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Cave 10: a worship hall with Jataka tales-related art (1st century BCE)[84] Cave 9: a worship hall with early paintings and animal friezes (1st century CE)[84] Cave 19: known for its figures of the Buddha, Kubera and other arts (5th century CE)[84] Cave 19: another view (5th century CE) | WIKI |
| [91] The paintings in cave 1, which according to Spink was commissioned by Harisena himself, concentrate on those Jataka tales which show previous lives of the Buddha as a king, rather than as deer or elephant or another Jataka animal. | WIKI |
| It was never finished by its artists, and shows Vidhura Jataka. | WIKI |
| The scenes depicted are mostly didactic, devotional, and ornamental, with scenes from the Jataka stories of the Buddha's former lives as a bodhisattva, the life of the Gautama Buddha, and those of his veneration. | WIKI |
| One of four frescos for the Mahajanaka Jataka tale: the king announces his abdication to become an ascetic. | WIKI |
| [120] Sibi Jataka: the king undergoes the traditional rituals for renunciants. | WIKI |
| Cave 2 fresco above the right door shows Buddha in Tushita heaven[131] A scene from Vidurapandita Jataka: the birth of the Buddha[131] The artworks of Cave 2 are known for their feminine focus, such as these two females[126] The Miracle of Sravasti[132] | WIKI |
| [169] Of interest here is the Saddanta Jataka tale xe2x80x93 the fable about six tusked elephant, and the Shyama Jataka xe2x80x93 the story about the man who dedicates his life serving his blind parents. | WIKI |
| [87][186] The Hasti Jataka frescos tell the story of a Bodhisattva elephant who learns of a large group of people starving, then tells them to go below a cliff where they could find food. | WIKI |
| The Mahaummagga Jataka frescos are found on the left wall of the corridor, which narrates the story of a child Bodhisattva. | WIKI |
| Some frescos attempt to show the key characters from various parts of a Jataka tale by co-depicting animals and attendants in the same scene. | WIKI |
| Vessantara Jataka: the story of the generous king Vessantara[198] Shaddanta Jataka: six-tusked elephant giving away his tusks[198] Painting depicting "Darpana Sundari", a lady with a mirror[206] The Buddha in Cave 17 sanctum Musician with Alapini Vina (far left), next to Indra. | WIKI |
| [281][284] These assumptions by colonial British era art historians, state Spink and other scholars, has been responsible for wrongly dating this painting to the 7th century, when in fact this reflects an incomplete Harisena-era painting of a Jataka tale (the Mahasudarsana jataka, in which the enthroned king is actually the Buddha in one of his previous lives as King) with the representation of trade between India and distant lands such as Sassanian near East that was common by the 5th century. | WIKI |
| In the Visvantara Jataka of Cave 17, according to Brancaccio, the scene probably shows a servant from Central Asia holding a foreign metal ewer, while a dark-complexioned servant holds a cup to an amorous couple. | WIKI |