Consequently an icosahedral resting on an equally polygonal foundation of larger extent. The north-western forebuilding, which reached much farther, and formerly had been separately roofed in, contained the porch to which a broad and fourteen-tread staircase will lead us even now. This staircase is flanked by heavy banisters formed of composed _naga_ and _garuḍa_ heads we are going to know somewhere else. However, among the sculptures we see on the outer-wall, Mr. M. Foucher recognised not without some reserve the main image on the _northeast_ side as the eight-armed mahâyânistic deity _Tyundâ_ or _Tsyundâ_, standing between the _Bodhisattvas Avalokitésvara_ and _Manjusri_; on the wall to the _south-east_ (the hind-part thus) he thought he saw _Avalokitésvara_ himself, four-armed, and between two _Taras_; and on the _south-western_ side he saw _Tsyundâ_ once more, but now four-handed and standing between the very same two _Bodhisattvas_ we see on the north-easterly outer-wall. On the side-panels of _this_ wall he recognised the _Bodhisattva_ _Manjusri_, on the _south-east_ side _Vajrâpani_, the _Bodhisattva_ of the _second_ _Dhyâni-Buddha_; and on the outer-wall to the _south-west_ he saw _Manjusri_ again, the former with his sword and the latter with his book on a blue lotus. All the small series sculptured on the outsides of these heavy stairs refer to ancient legends. The king of _Siam_ told us that in the whole of his buddhistic empire there was only one image which, though much more damaged, could be compared to the colossal Buddha image we see here, whilst his brother, prince _Damrong_, called the Mĕndut Buddha _priceless_. In 1896, and afterwards in 1901, H. M. rendered due homage to the _Buddha_ image by a devout _sĕmbah_ (salaam) and by strewing _sĕmboja_-flowers (_Plumeria acutifolia_ Poir) in its lap; and so did the Queen. Tyanḍi Pawon. V. Leaving the native village of Mĕndut behind us, crossing shortly after the small iron bridge built over the river _Elo_, and after having been ferried over the Praga, when a mile’s drive farther westward, we arrive at the little dukuh of _Bråjånålå_ (or _Bråjånalan_) where we see the very small _tyanḍi Pawon_ before our having turned into the broad _kĕnari_-avenue which leads through the native village of _Bårå_ to the hill of the Båråbudur. Some years ago this _tyanḍi_ had been pulled down and afterwards rebuilt again. Its name which means “kitchen” is clear enough to make us understand how the Javanese would have shown the striking contrast between this small temple and the other more extensive one, as if it were a kitchen compared with a mansion or temple. Why then was this small ruin pulled down and afterwards rebuilt again?