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Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā, circa 1200-1399; अष्टसाहस्रिका प्रज्ञापारमिता,१२००-१३९९

Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3xm0k
Title: Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā, circa 1200-1399, अष्टसाहस्रिका प्रज्ञापारमिता,१२००-१३९९
Date: 1200
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: Treatises, Illuminated manuscripts, Manuscripts, Sanskrit, Manuscripts, Art, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Early manuscript leaf from Nepal, with a short section taken from a teaching (sūtra) on Mahāyāna Buddhist wisdom. There are three painted images: a larger, central figure, possibly the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, with two attendants on either side. These images are painted over the original script and so are later than the text.
Extent: 1 item (1 leaf) : palm leaf ; 48 x 5 cm
Language: Sanskrit
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Title supplied by cataloger., Written in 5 lines per leaf., 1 leaf., Dated 1200-1399 based on previous appraisal., Corrected text in margins; vertical borders indicated with triple black line surrounding three paintings., In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Relation: Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3xm0k
Subject: Bodhisattvas -- Art, Bodhisattvas, Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism, Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism -- Early works to 1800, Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800, Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines, Bodhisattvas -- Art -- Early works to 1800
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 16
Provenance: Formerly owned by George P. Bickford (Cleveland, Ohio)., Formerly owned by Ken Robbins (Potomac, Maryland)., Gift of Ken Robbins, 2015., Bickford, George P., former owner., Robbins, Kenneth X., former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9969570713503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3xm0k/manifest

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