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Bodhisattva Manjushri with Two Forms of Avalokiteshvara: Folio 348 (recto), from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

1000-1100s

Part of a set. See all set records

Nepal

Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.49.7.a

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

A book on a blue lotus is just over the left shoulder of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri.

Description

The Bodhisattvas of Wisdom and Compassion sit in majesty, with Manjushri in the preaching gesture in the center, being honored by two worshipers. His mandorla dances with flames, and tongues of flames encircle its border. Two different forms of Avalokiteshvara are in the flanking paintings, a two-armed and a four-armed form.

Inscriptions

Inscription

>> dharmamukhānyavakrāntānyabhūvan nānānayaiḥ // atha khalu samantabhadro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sudhanaṃ śreṣṭhidārakametadavocat - dṛṣṭaṃ te kulaputra mama vikurvitam? āha - dṛṣṭamārya / api tu tathāgataḥ prajānan prajānīyāttāvadacintyamidaṃ vikurvitam / so 'vocat - ahaṃ kulaputra anabhilāpyānabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamān kalpān vicaritaḥ sarvajñatācittamabhilaṣamāṇaḥ / ekaikasmiṃśca mahākalpe 'nabhilāpyānabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamāstathāgatā ārāgitā bodhicittaṃ pariśodhayatā / ekaikasmiṃśca mahākalpe sarvatyāgasamāyuktāḥ sarvalokavighuṣṭā mahāyajñā yaṣṭāḥ / sarvasattvapratipādanā sarvajñatāpuṇyasaṃbhāratā / ekaikasmiṃśca mahākalpe anabhilāpyānabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamāstyāgā (Gv 426) mahātyāgāḥ kṛtāḥ, atyarthatyāgāḥ kṛtāḥ sarvajñatādharmānabhiprārthayatā

Inscription Remark

Identified by Phyllis Granoff

Provenance
?-1955
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1955-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned: cat. no. 752 archive.org
Mace, Sonya Rhie. “Clearing the Course: Folio 348 of the Nepalese Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Religions 2020, 11(4), 183. Reproduced: Figs. 1-4 doi.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.49.7.a