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accession number: 1938.301.187.a
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Prajnaparamita flanked by two bodhisattvas, folio 187 (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. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; leaf: 5.3 x 54.3 cm (2 1/16 x 21 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.187.a
title: Prajnaparamita flanked by two bodhisattvas, folio 187 (recto), 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: 5.3 x 54.3 cm (2 1/16 x 21 3/8 in.)
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inscription: [pravartayita]vyā deśayitavyopadeṣṭavyoddeṣṭavyā svādhyātavyā likhitavyā / tathāgatādhiṣṭhānena mahāpustake pravyaktapravyaktairakṣaraiḥ sulikhitāṃ kṛtvā satkartavyā gurukartavyā mānayitavyā pūjayitavyā arcayitavyā apacāyitavyā puṣpairdhūpairgandhairmālyairvilepanaiścūrṇaiścīvarairvādyairvastraiśchatrairdhvajairghaṇṭābhiḥ patākābhiḥ, samantācca dīpamālābhiḥ, bahuvidhābhiś ca pūjābhiḥ / iyamasmākamantikādānanda anuśāsanī / tatkasya hetoḥ? atra hi prajñāpāramitāyāṃ sarvajñajñānapariniṣpattirbhaviṣyati / tatkiṃ manyase ānanda śāstā te tathāgataḥ? ānanda āha - śāstā me bhagavan, śāstā me sugata / evamukte bhagavānāyuṣmantamānandametadavocat - śāstā te ānanda tathāgataḥ / paricarito 'smyānanda tvayā maitreṇa kāyakarmaṇā manaāpena, maitreṇa vākkarmaṇā manaāpena, maitreṇa manaḥkarmaṇā manaāpena / tasmāttarhi ānanda yathaiva tvayā mamaitarhi tiṣṭhato dhriyamāṇasya yāpayato 'smin samucchraye prema ca prasādaś ca gauravaṃ ca kṛtam, tathaiva tvayā ānanda mamātyayādasyāṃ prajñāpāramitāyāṃ kartavyam / dvir api trir api te ānanda parīndāmi anuparīndāmi enāṃ prajñāpāramitām, yatheyaṃ nāntardhīyeta, yathā nāsyāṃ tvamanyaḥ puruṣaḥ syāḥ / yāvadānanda iyaṃ prajñāpāramitā loke pracariṣyati, tāvattathāgatastiṣṭha[tīti]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation
opening date: 2022-02-11T05:00:00
Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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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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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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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