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

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1200

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.

Language:

Sanskrit

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.

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Illuminated manuscripts; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Art; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : palm leaf; 48 x 5 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

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)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Indic 16