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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
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Mogao Cave 276: Illustration of the Vimalakirti Sutra - Vimalakirti and Manjusri
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Sui dynasty (581–618)
These images are painted to either side of the niche on the back (west) wall of Cave 276. Manjusri is painted on the left, and Vimalakirti is on the right. They are part of a mural portraying the Chapter on Manjusri’s Visit" from the Vimalakirti Sutra. The earliest illustrations of this sutra within the Mogao Caves date from the Sui dynasty (581-618) |
