id: 117662 accession number: 1938.301.3.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.301.3.a updated: 2024-08-08 15:13:27.194000 Text, folio 3 (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. Ink and color on palm leaf; leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.3.a title: Text, folio 3 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra) title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu technique: ink and color on palm leaf department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Nepalese Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: śyamāne bodhisattvasya mahāsuttrasā cittaṃ nāvalīyate na saṃlīyate na viṣīdati na viṣādamāpadyate, nāsya vipṛṣṭhībhavati mānasam, na bhagnapṛṣṭhībhavati, notrasyati na saṃtrasyati na saṃtrāsamāpadyate, eṣa eva bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prajñāpāramitāyāmanuśāsanīyaḥ / eṣaivāsya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya prajñāpāramitā veditavyā / eṣo 'vavādaḥ prajñāpāramitāyām / sacedevaṃ tiṣṭhati, eṣaivāsyāvavādānuśāsanī // punaraparaṃ bhagavan bodhisattvena mahāsattvena prajñāpāramitāyāṃ caratā prajñāpāramitāyāṃ bhāvayatā evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yathā asau śikṣyamāṇastenāpi bodhicittena na manyeta / tatkasya hetoḥ? tathā hi - taccittamacittam / prakṛtiścittasya prabhāsvarā // atha khalvāyuṣmān śāriputra āyuṣmantaṃ subhūtimetadavocat - kiṃ punarāyuṣman subhūte asti taccittaṃ yaccittamacittam? evamukte āyuṣmān subhūtirāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat kiṃ punarāyuṣman śāriputra yā acittatā, tatra acittatāyāmastitā vā nāstitā vā vidyate vā upalabhyate vā? śāriputra āha - na hyetadāyuṣman subhūte / subhūtirāha - sacedāyuṣman śāriputra tatra acittatāyāmastitā vā nāstitā vā na vidyate vā nopalabhyate vā, api nu te yukta eṣa paryanuyogo bhavati yadāyuṣmān śāriputra evamāha - asti taccittaṃ yaccittamacittamiti? evamukte āyuṣmān śāriputra āyuṣmantaṃ subhūtimetadavocat - kā punareṣā āyuṣman subhūte acittatā? subhūtirāha - avikārā āyuṣman śāriputra avikalpā acittatā // atha khalvāyuṣmān śāriputra āyuṣmate subhūtaye sādhukāramadāt - sādhu sādhvāyuṣman subhūte / yathāpi nāma tvaṃ bhagavatā araṇāvihāriṇāmagratāyāṃ nirdiṣṭo nirdiśasi / ataś ca bodhisattvo mahāsattvo 'vinivartanīyo 'nuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodherupaparīkṣitavyaḥ, avirahitaś ca bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prajñāpāramitāyā veditavyaḥ / śrāvakabhūmāv api śikṣitukāmena iyameva (vaidya 4) prajñāpāramitā śrotavyā udgrahītavyā dhārayitavyā vācayitavyā paryavāptavyā pravartayitavyā / ihaiva prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yogamāpattavyam / pratyekabuddhabhūmāv api śikṣitukāmena iyameva prajñāpāramitā śrotavyā udgrahītavyā dhārayitavyā vācayitavyā paryavāptavyā pravartayitavyā / ihaiva prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yogamāpattavyam / translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1938 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1938– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 754 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 233 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n257 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 233 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n257 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.301.3.a/1938.301.3.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.301.3.a/1938.301.3.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.301.3.a/1938.301.3.a_full.tif