880-01 Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā, circa 1200-1399.

Title:

880-01 Aṣṭasāhasrikā prajñāpāramitā, circa 1200-1399.

Abstract:

Manuscript is from Nepal. It is a short section taken from a teaching (sūtra) on Mahāyāna Buddhist wisdom. There are three painted images, with a larger, central figure, possibly of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara and with two attendants on either side. These images are painted over the original script and so sometime after the original manuscript was created.

Description:

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

Identifier:

UPENNLIB_6957071

Language:

In Sanskrit; (Devanāgarī)

Subject:

Wisdom; Mahayana Buddhism; Bodhisattvas

Type:

Manuscript

Call Number:

Ms. Indic

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts