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Nemi's Omniscience and First Teaching (below) and Nemi in the Realm of Liberation (above), Folio 51 (recto), from a Kalpa-sutra

Cleveland Museum of Art

A yellowed manuscript page with red borders on the left and right sides and a red circular mark in the center; the page contains black text in a non-Latin script; a colorful illustration on the right side depicts two gold scenes with blue accents against red backgrounds; the top scene portrays a figure seated in a lotus position within a decorative square; and the bottom scene shows a figure seated at the center of a mandala.

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