Folio from a Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
Recto: Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī with two forms of Avalokiteśvara · Verso: Bodhisattva Samantabhadra Purifying the Path to Enlightenment · Accession 1955.49.7
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This leaf has six paintings, three on the recto and three on the verso, creating part of a visual grand finale. The first 340 leaves of the manuscript mainly have a single painting, but at the end there are more, and they depict varied and sometimes aggressive imagery. Similarly, the text ends with a hymn, the Buddhisattva vow to clear the path to enlightenment of evil obstacles, such as wrong views and bad influences.
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Folio from a Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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