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Text, Folio 4 (verso), 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
gum tempera and ink on palm leaves
Measurements
Leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.4.b
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This manuscript was clearly numbered in Nepal, evidenced by the numerals found on the versos.
One side of a horizontally oriented palm leaf features three distinct blocks of dense black script written in ink and gum tempera. Two circular binding holes pierce the warm brown surface between the text sections. The script is tightly packed with a uniform height, while the leaf's edges are frayed and uneven. Small black symbols and marginalia are scattered around the main text, reflecting a traditional manuscript format.

Text, Folio 4 (verso), 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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