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Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri, folio 348 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

1000–1100s

Nepal

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Medium
gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Measurements
Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.49.7.b
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Blue-clad monks were said to visit prostitutes, drink liquor, and practice extreme tantric rituals.

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The painting in the center shows a righteous bodhisattva tossing aside a blue-skinned heretic, while an impious blue-clad monk sits behind them, the next to be overpowered by the righteous one. In the painting on the left, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri, brandishes his sword, and at the far right, a Buddhist priest (Vajracharya) sets fire to a Hindu sage in a rocky landscape.
A horizontal palm leaf manuscript in gum tempera and ink features black Indic script interspersed with three illustrated panels. On our left, a light-skinned figure sits within a red mandorla. Centrally, a dark-skinned figure crawls while two light-skinned figures stand and kneel against a red backdrop. On our right, a light-skinned figure sits cross-legged against a blue background. Two circular binding holes puncture the leaf.

Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri, folio 348 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

1000–1100s

Nepal

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