Bodhisattva in Tuṣita Heaven

A panel depicting the Bodhisattva in Tuṣīta Heaven. Tuṣita is the abode of the deities and bodhisattva. The buddha-to-be Maitreya resides here, as the other bodhisattvas before they are reborn in the human realm as buddhas. Also Śākyamuni resided in Tuśita before his last existence. The base is a plain fillet. On each side, there is a vertical continuous rebated joint. On the bottom, there are remnants of two rectangular sockets. The back face shows deep parallel vertical chisel marks. A socket for cramp is visible on each side of the top face. The bodhisattva is sitting in padmāsana on a coffer-type throne with turned legs and a drape hanging from the front. His right hand was originally in abhayamudrā, and his left is holding a kamaṇḍalu. He wears a paridhāna and an uttarīya, and the hairdo is not discernible. He has a plain halo. To the proper right of the bodhisattva, in the foreground, there are two male figures sitting with joined hands, and the heads bent down in a sign of respect, their feet resting on foot stools. They both wear a paridhāna and an uttarīya. From their neck up, the relief is damaged. On the opposite side, on the left of the bodhisattva, there is another seated male figure. His left hand rests on the knee, while the right is up with an open palm in a gesture of announcement/invitation to take action/guidance/salutation. He’s also clad in an Indian attire with a paridhāna and an uttarīya, and wears a long necklace. Next to him stands another male figure wearing a paridhāna and an uttarīya. Behind them, on the upper part of the relief, thee are two haloed figures, the one on the right has joined hands.