[73]According to Kern the word _ûrnâ_ means a symbol of both the _sun_ and _lightning_. [74]A young Dutchman, whom I met in 1898 in the Båråbudur’s pasanggrahan, thought he saw a mutual difference in the posture of the hands of these 72 dagob-Buddhas. This difference really exists, but only in the manner in which the different sculptors interpreted the _positively meant_ posture of the two hands. This very same difference in the execution of one and the same task is also to be seen on other Buddha images. Should it have another meaning the thesis that these sculptures are to represent the different five _Dhyâni-Buddhas_ would then be frustrated, because there would be _much more than five_, indeed. The man appealed to the official draughtsman accompanying him, an absolutely unscientific fellow. [75]The other objects were a little metal vase with cover—formerly containing some ashes, perhaps—; some ancient javanese coins and another small metal image. In the pits of other _tyanḍis_ in Java we also found stone urns with ashes, and coins or other objects of precious metal, and some coloured precious stones which were given to the dead in their graves, and symbolically representing the _sapta ratna_ or _seven treasures_. See my “_Boeddhistische tempel- en klooster-bouwvallen in de Parambanan-vlakte_” and my “_Tjanḍi Idjo_” in the “_Tijdschrift v. Ind. T., L. en V. K._” published in 1888. [76]Out of the six Buddhas of the Båråbudur we don’t see any trace of a sixth Buddha such as we found in a different form at _Nipâl_: four-armed, in a mythical dress, crowned and provided with peculiar attributes. [77]See my “_Een Boeddhisten-koning op den Båråbudur_” appeared in “_het Tijdschrift van Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde_” of 1896, and the manuscript of the interpreting second part, not published by the editors, but of which I afterwards sent a copy to professor _Kern_ and other learned men. [78]On the twenty-seventh sculpture (W. L. 53). [79]_I_ for me don’t know any analogue of these three groups though they may exist elsewhere in the mainland, so that this explanation of mine will be a questionable thesis only. [80]See _Oldfield_’s “_Sketches from Nipal_” p. 90 and 157 and the pictures opposite p. 219 and 260 of the second volume. [81]See my apologetics mentioned in VI note 14 and my “_Oudheidkundige Aanteekeningen_”, I. [82]Notes of the “_Kon. Instituut_” (Royal Institute) from 1887, p. XCIV and following ones. [83]G 5 has been wrongly marked with 6, just as the following one has been numbered G 6. [84]Each _dagob_ is a _tyaitya_, but not each _tyaitya_ is a _dagob_. This word is only given to the depositary of one or more than one relic. See Kern’s “_Geschiedenis van het Boeddhisme in Indië_”, II p. 139 and following ones.