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140Pacific WorldOn the other hand, the arrangements of the paintings at Cave 42 are asshown in Tables 2 and 3:Table 2: Left WallI.7burningjewels--I.6burningjewel--I.5[lotusflower in ajar, flames,remnant ofan inscription]--I.4burninghouse--I.3musicalinstruments--I.2ponds (?)--I.1musicalinstruments,lotusflowerII.1twodemons,flames--------------------------flyingheavenlybeings,burningjewelsTable 3: Right Wall----------------II’.1lotus seat[halo andmandorla]II’.2bowl,clothII’.3house,ponds (?)II’.4lotusflower,mirror (?),[parasol]II’.5lotuses ina pot,lotus froma pond,the face ofa boyII’.6lotusflowerfrom apond,burningjewelII’.7threehalos andmandorlasII’.8lotusfrom apond, aboyIII’.1demonIV’.1bodhisattva(?),mountainIII’.2damaged--III’.3demon (?)--III’.4somefigure--III’.5somefigure--------------Many paintings are damaged or lost, and so the overall structure is notnecessarily clear. Nevertheless, the first row of the left wall and the secondand third rows of the right wall are relatively well preserved, and we canobserve some sequences of images. Most of the individual items are closelytied to the Chinese meditation texts we are concerned with, but thearrangements of these items do not agree with any system of the availablemeditation texts.