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Text, folio 3 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

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Medium
ink and color on palm leaf
Measurements
Leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.3.a
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The Sanskrit text is written in a continuous script known as ranjana.
A horizontally oriented palm leaf features a fibrous, light tan surface with irregular edges. Three rectangular sections of dense black script are spaced across the surface, separated by two punched circular holes. The text is organized into neat, horizontal rows within each block. A small character is written on the far right edge. The composition highlights the rhythmic spacing of the script and the natural, aged texture of the elongated support.

Text, folio 3 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

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