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Text, folio 3 (recto), 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)

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Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

Ink and color on palm leaf

Leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.3.a

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śyamāne bodhisattvasya mahāsuttrasā cittaṃ nāvalīyate na saṃlīyate na viṣīdati na viṣādamāpadyate, nāsya vipṛṣṭhībhavati mānasam, na bhagnapṛṣṭhībhavati, notrasyati na saṃtrasyati na saṃtrāsamāpadyate, eṣa eva bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prajñāpāramitāyāmanuśāsanīyaḥ / eṣaivāsya bodhisattvasya mahāsattvasya prajñāpāramitā veditavyā / eṣo 'vavādaḥ prajñāpāramitāyām / sacedevaṃ tiṣṭhati, eṣaivāsyāvavādānuśāsanī // punaraparaṃ bhagavan bodhisattvena mahāsattvena prajñāpāramitāyāṃ caratā prajñāpāramitāyāṃ bhāvayatā evaṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yathā asau śikṣyamāṇastenāpi bodhicittena na manyeta / tatkasya hetoḥ? tathā hi - taccittamacittam / prakṛtiścittasya prabhāsvarā // atha khalvāyuṣmān śāriputra āyuṣmantaṃ subhūtimetadavocat - kiṃ punarāyuṣman subhūte asti taccittaṃ yaccittamacittam? evamukte āyuṣmān subhūtirāyuṣmantaṃ śāriputrametadavocat kiṃ punarāyuṣman śāriputra yā acittatā, tatra acittatāyāmastitā vā nāstitā vā vidyate vā upalabhyate vā? śāriputra āha - na hyetadāyuṣman subhūte / subhūtirāha - sacedāyuṣman śāriputra tatra acittatāyāmastitā vā nāstitā vā na vidyate vā nopalabhyate vā, api nu te yukta eṣa paryanuyogo bhavati yadāyuṣmān śāriputra evamāha - asti taccittaṃ yaccittamacittamiti? evamukte āyuṣmān śāriputra āyuṣmantaṃ subhūtimetadavocat - kā punareṣā āyuṣman subhūte acittatā? subhūtirāha - avikārā āyuṣman śāriputra avikalpā acittatā // atha khalvāyuṣmān śāriputra āyuṣmate subhūtaye sādhukāramadāt - sādhu sādhvāyuṣman subhūte / yathāpi nāma tvaṃ bhagavatā araṇāvihāriṇāmagratāyāṃ nirdiṣṭo nirdiśasi / ataś ca bodhisattvo mahāsattvo 'vinivartanīyo 'nuttarāyāḥ samyaksaṃbodherupaparīkṣitavyaḥ, avirahitaś ca bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ prajñāpāramitāyā veditavyaḥ / śrāvakabhūmāv api śikṣitukāmena iyameva (vaidya 4) prajñāpāramitā śrotavyā udgrahītavyā dhārayitavyā vācayitavyā paryavāptavyā pravartayitavyā / ihaiva prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yogamāpattavyam / pratyekabuddhabhūmāv api śikṣitukāmena iyameva prajñāpāramitā śrotavyā udgrahītavyā dhārayitavyā vācayitavyā paryavāptavyā pravartayitavyā / ihaiva prajñāpāramitāyāṃ śikṣitavyaṃ yogamāpattavyam /

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This inscription is copied from the standardized edition of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra and does not reflect this specific leaf.

Provenance

?–1938

(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1938–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 754 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 233 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 233 archive.org

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Text, folio 3 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

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