Leaves from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (18 × 24 in Poster) Frame style:Unframed By the early 12th century

By the early 12th century

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collected by Sir Monier Monier-Williams during his 1883–1884 India expedition for the Oxford Indian Institute Library

a hallmark of late-18th to 19th-century Indian devotional painting

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Leaves from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra (18 × 24 in Poster) Frame style:Unframed By the early 12th centuryPala Period Buddhist Manuscript Illumination Eastern India, Early 12th Century Key Features The Essence of Mahayana Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses This rare and contemplative artwork reproduces illuminated palm leaves from the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra, one of the most revered Mahayana Buddhist texts. Often described as containing the entire philosophical heart of Mahayana Buddhism, this sutra expounds the doctrine of nyat (emptiness) the