id:			117666
accession number:	1938.301.186.b
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Preaching Amitabha with Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri, folio 186 (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. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; leaf: 5.5 x 54.6 cm (2 3/16 x 21 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.186.b

title:				Preaching Amitabha with Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri, folio 186 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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creation date:			Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)
creation date earliest:		1119
creation date latest:		1119
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu
technique:	Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Leaf: 5.5 x 54.6 cm (2 3/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	[gaṅgānadīvā]lukopameṣu trisāhasramahāsāhasreṣu lokadhātuṣu gaṅgānadīvālukopamān buddhān bhagavataḥ paśyati sma bhikṣusaṃghaparivṛtān bodhisattvaguṇapuraskṛtān etaireva nayairebhireva nāmabhiretairevākṣarairimāmeva prajñāpāramitāṃ bhāṣamāṇān / tadyathāpi nāma ahametarhi asminneva trisāhasramahāsāhasre lokadhātau dharmaṃ deśayāmi bhikṣusaṃghaparivṛto bodhisattvagaṇapuraskṛtaḥ, ebhireva nayairebhireva nāmabhirebhirevākṣarairimāmeva prajñāpāramitāṃ bhāṣe / so 'cintyena bāhuśrutyena śrutasāgaratayā ca samanvāgato 'bhūt, sarvāsu ca jātiṣu na jātu buddhavirahito 'bhūt / yatra yatra buddhā bhagavantaḥ saṃmukhībhūtā bhavanti, tatra tatropapadyate sma / avirahitaś ca bhavati sma buddhairbhagavadbhiḥ, antataḥ svapnāntaragato 'pi / sarve ca anena akṣaṇā vivarjitāḥ, kṣaṇasaṃpaccārāgitā //


tatra khalu punarbhagavānāyuṣmantamānandamāmantrayate sma - tadanenāpi te ānanda paryāyeṇa evaṃ veditavyam - ityapīyaṃ prajñāpāramitā bodhisattvānāṃ mahāsattvānāṃ sarvajñajñānasyāhāriketi / tasmāttarhi ānanda bodhisattvairmahāsattvaiḥ sarvajñajñānaṃ pratilabdhukāmairasyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ caritavyam / iyaṃ prajñāpāramitā śrotavyā udgrahītavyā dhārayitavyā vācayitavyā paryavāptavyā pravartayita[vyā]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation
	opening date:   2022-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1938
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1938–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pal, Pratapaditya. <em>The Arts of Nepal, Part II: Painting.</em> Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 32, reproduced: fig. 11.
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 754
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136

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