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Text, Folio 138 (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
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 1938.301.138.a
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A horizontally oriented palm leaf in gum tempera and black ink features three distinct blocks of dense script. Two circular holes pierce the warm tan surface between the sections. The dark ink creates rhythmic patterns against the smooth leaf, bounded by frayed, irregular edges. Repeated, precise characters fill each rectangular block, while the natural grain and weathered texture of the narrow material show through the gaps and along the perimeter.

Text, Folio 138 (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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