End of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines; Haribhadra’s final remarks; beginning of colophon, folio 187 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (As

End of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines; Haribhadra’s final remarks; beginning of colophon, folio 187 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra) (Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Haribhadra lived in the 800s, and the final remarks to his commentary on the Ratnagunasamcaya-gatha were copied at the end of this manuscript. The Ratnagunasamcaya-gatha distills the teaching of the Sanskrit Perfection of Wisdom into Prakrit verses.

Object facts

• Title: End of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines; Haribhadra’s final remarks; beginning of colophon, folio 187 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
• Date: Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)
• Culture: Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu
• Type: Painting
• Technique: Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
• Dimensions: Leaf: 5.3 x 54.3 cm (2 1/16 x 21 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Nepalese Art
• Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
• Accession number: 1938.301.187.b

A detail from the museum

The left corner of this page was repaired using yellow-colored Nepalese paper, indicating the importance of keeping the manuscript whole.

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.

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