Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

You see a long, narrow scroll filled with neat rows of Sanskrit text and small, bright paintings of Buddhist goddesses in red, blue, and gold. This book wasn’t made in one place. A monk from Nepal traveled to India to copy the sacred words. Later, back home, artists added the pictures. The mix shows how ideas and art traveled between countries. Look up more about paintings: nepal, kathmandu, indian art to see how these styles spread.

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