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Scenes dedicated to the display of the Bodhi-sattva’s skills in the worldly arts during a competition.
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Scene 19 is somewhat out of position as this event happens on the way to the competitions which take place outside the city.
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Scene 19: The Bodhisattva as he throws an elephant out of the city after it has been killed by Devadatta.
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Scene 19 may also simply be understood as another competition proving the physical strength of the Bodhisattva. In this case it would not necessarily have to precede the other competition scenes.
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Scene 20: The fencing competition.
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The competitors holding square shields (Fig. 1i in Orientations).
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Scene 21: Wrestling competition.
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The shields lie on the ground behind the wrestlers.
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Scene 22: Running competition.
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