id: 133069
accession number: 1955.49.1
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49.1
updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:37.300000
Folio 20 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a parrot (recto); Text (verso), 1000–1100s. Nepal. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.49.1
title: Folio 20 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a parrot (recto); Text (verso)
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creation date: 1000–1100s
creation date earliest: 1000
creation date latest: 1199
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Nepal
technique: gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Painting
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measurements: Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
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inscription: uttānīkurvan saṃprakāśayan avabhāsayan prabhāsayan upadiśan dharmadhātunayena ākāśadhātusamatayā tryadhvasamatayā dharmadhātusamatayā sattvadhātusamatayā sarvalokadhātusamatayā sarvakarmavaṃśasamatayā sattvāśayasamatayā sattvādhimuktisamatayā dharmapratibhāsasamatayā sattvaparipākakālasamatayā sarvajagadindriyasamatayā ca, evaṃ siṃhavijṛmbhitaṃ tathāgatasamādhiṃ caiṣāṃ bodhisattvānāṃ saṃprakāśayati sma daśabhirnirdeśapadaiḥ / katamairdaśabhiḥ? yaduta sarvadharmadhātuparyāpanneṣu buddhakṣetrapramāṇurajaḥsarvabuddhaparaṃparākṣetraparaṃparānirdeśaḥ / yaduta ākāśadhātuparameṣu sarvabuddhakṣetreṣu aparāntakoṭīgatakalpatathāgataguṇānucaraṇanirdeśaḥ / yaduta sarvabuddhakṣetratathāgatasamutpattyanantamadhyābhisaṃbodhimukhasamudrasaṃdarśananirdeśaḥ / yaduta ākāśadhātuparamabuddhakṣetratathāgataparṣanmaṇḍalabodhisattvasaṃghabodhimaṇḍābhimukhāvasthānanirdeśaḥ / yaduta sarvatryadhvabuddhakāyasadṛśanirmāṇasarvaromamukhapramuñcanacittakṣaṇadharmadhātuspharaṇanirdeśaḥ / yaduta sarvadiksamudreṣu sarvakṣetrasāgarasamatalādhiṣṭhānaikakāyaspharaṇaprabhāsanirdeśaḥ / yaduta sarvārambaṇataleṣu buddhabhūmivikurvitasarvatryadhvasamavasaraṇadhiṣṭhānasaṃdarśananirdeśaḥ / yaduta sarvakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamatryadhvakṣetraparaṃparānānābuddhavikurvitakalpasāgarasaṃdarśananirdeśaḥ / yaduta sarvatryadhvabuddhapraṇidhānasāgarasarvaroma
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inscription: nigarjanāparyantādhiṣṭhānabodhisattvasaṃbhavanirdeśaḥ / yaduta dharmadhātupramāṇabuddhasiṃhāsanabodhisattvaparṣanmaṇḍalāsaṃbhinnabodhimaṇḍālaṃkāranānādharmacakrapravartanāparāntādhiṣṭhānanirdeśaḥ / iti hi bho jinaputrā etān daśān pramukhān kṛtvā anabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇūrajaḥsamān etasya siṃhavijṛmbhitasya samādhinirdeśananugacchāmi / api tu khalu punarbho jinaputrāḥ tathāgatajñānagocara eṣaḥ //
atha khalu samantabhadro bodhisattva etasyaiva siṃhavijṛmbhitasya tathāgatasamādherarthanirdeśaṃ dyotayamāno buddhādhiṣṭhānena tathāgatavadanaṃ prekṣamāṇaḥ sarvāvantaṃ parṣanmaṇḍalasamudraṃ vyavalokya acintyabuddhaviṣayānantamadhyatathāgatasamādhivikurvitāni vyavalokya acintyajñānamāyāgatadharmatāṃ vyavalokya acintyatrayadhvabuddhasamatāṃ vyavalokya acintyānantamadhyasarvavākpathaniruktisarvadharmanayān vyavalokya tasyāṃ velāyāmimā gāthā abhāṣata -
sarvakṣetraparamāṇusādṛśā ekaromi jinakṣetrasāgarāḥ /
bodhisattvaparṣatparīvṛtastatra buddha sthitu buddhaāsane // 1 //
(Gv 26)
ekaromi bahukṣetrasāgarā bodhimaṇḍasthita padmaāsane /
dharmadhātu vipulam karitvanā dṛśyate drumavareṣu nāyakaḥ // 2 //
sarvakṣetraparamāṇusādṛśā ekaromi jina saṃniṣaṇṇakāḥ /
bodhisattvaparṣatparīvṛtāḥ sarvabhadracariyāṃ prabhāṣate // 3 //
ekakṣetri jina saṃniṣaṇṇakāḥ sarvakṣetraprasarān spharitvanā /
bodhisattva bahumegha akṣayā enti te daśadiśāṃ samantato // 4 //
kṣetrakoṭiparamāṇusādṛśā bodhisattvaguṇasāgaraprabhāḥ /
utthihantu parṣāsu śāstuno dharmadhātu sphariṣu daśa diśaḥ // 5 //
sarvakṣetrapratibhāsadarśa
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017
opening date: 2016-11-07T05:00:00
Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1955
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1955-
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RELATED WORKS
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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. 752
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136
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