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Mogao Cave 61
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang
Devata Sutra, Medicine Buddha Sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra, and the Sutra of the Questions of Visesa Cinti Brahma. On the south wall are the Lankavatara Sutra, Maitreya Sutras, Amitabha Sutra, Lotus Sutra, and Returning Favors Sutra. One of the most important sutras in Mahayana Buddhism, the Vimalakirti Sutra, is illustrated on the front wall.
Female donors are painted on the lower north, south, and front walls. The three nuns and the Khotanese princess on the front wall were added during the Song dynasty (960–1279). The ceiling and walls of the corridor were painted during the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), including a large illustration of the Tejaprabha Buddha Sutra on the south wall. |
