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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
INDIA; circa 1000; Color on palm leaf; 5 x 53.5 cm; Cambridge University Library, United Kingdom
This illustrated manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra on 227 palm leaf pages is the earliest dated illustrated sutra from India. The sutra is transcribed in Sanskrit characters accompanied by illustrations of stories from the Life of the Buddha.
The illustration of the Monkey Offering Honey is inspired by a story from the Chapter on Abbhutadhamma " in the Madhyama Agama. It depicts the monkey from the Parileyyaka forest that took the Buddha's alms bowl and went up a tree to fill it with honey. Seated on a Sumeru throne |
