id:			133071
accession number:	1955.49.1.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49.1.b
updated:		2023-05-30 22:00:54.125000

Text, folio 20 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array), 1000–1100s. Nepal. 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.b

title:				Text, folio 20 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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creation date:			1000–1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Nepal
technique:	ink on palm leaf
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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

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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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fun fact:
In this text, enlightened teachers are called "True Friends" (<em>kalyanamitra</em>).

digital description:
According to the text, the exemplary youth Sudhana was inspired to seek enlightenment after hearing the teachings of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. Manjushri sent him to find a teacher, who explained one aspect of reaching enlightenment, and who, in turn, sent him to find another, and on until he heard the teachings of 52 teachers and reached his goal.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 752
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136

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IMAGES

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