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Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva |
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Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva |
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Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva |
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Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva |
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Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva |
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Mogao Cave 17: Lotus Sutra - Chapter on the Encouragement of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty (618–907), dated 756; Regular script; Ink on hemp paper; 25.5 x 195 cm; Dunhuang Research Academy, Gansu, China
Discovered intact in Mogao Cave 17 in Dunhuang, the beginning of this scroll carries the title, Chapter on Exhortation of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva." The end of the manuscript has a caption of "Fascicle 7 of the Lotus Sutra." An imprint of a seal engraved with the characters |