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

Text, folio 3 (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)

gum tempera and ink on palm leaves
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The Sanskrit text reads left-to-right across the entirety of the page before starting a new line.

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