Illuminated page of the Prajnaparamita-Sutra – Ushnishavijaya
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Orientation 3
Wall object 12
ABM 027
Code: ABM 027
Country: Tibet (west)
Style: Purang-Guge Kingdom
Date: 1100 - 1200
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 67.8 x 20.5
Materials: Paper
Prajnaparamita-Sutra (Treatise on Perfect Wisdom): The manuscript is illustrated by a vignette representing the goddess Ushnishavijaya, one of the three main deities of long life in the Tibetan pantheon.
This paper manuscript sheet of a Tibetan translation of the Prajnaparamita-Sutra in Üchen script was discovered in 2004 in an abandoned and hidden cave in Western Tibet. Information on the exact location of the cave could not be obtained. The folio is numbered on the illustrated front as volume: kha, page: don bdun (77).
This paper manuscript sheet of a Tibetan translation of the Prajnaparamita-Sutra in Üchen script was discovered in 2004 in an abandoned and hidden cave in Western Tibet. Information on the exact location of the cave could not be obtained. The folio is numbered on the illustrated front as volume: kha, page: don bdun (77).