Green Tara, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
A long, thin, rectangular piece of yellowed paper or parchment with rough edges. The top and bottom edges are uneven. The majority of the object is covered in black writing in a dense grid pattern, divided into sections by thin yellow lines. There are three main sections of writing separated by two thinner sections. The central section features a red square with a gold design in the center. The object is set against a gray background.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 12th century
- Medium
- Ink and color on palm leaf
- Culture
- India (Bihar or West Bengal)
- Dimensions
- 597 × 74 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
You May Also Like
White Tara, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
The Wrathful Protector Mahakala in a Six-Armed Form: Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
Prajnaparamita flanked by two female figures, folio 1 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Stupa, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
Text, folio 14 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript of Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita
Text and illumination, folio 2 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Text, folio 10 (verso) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
One of a Pair of Jain Manuscript Covers (Patli)
Text, Folio 6 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 27 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 98 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, Folio 26 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
One of a Pair of Jain Manuscript Covers (Patli)
Piece
Text and illumination, folio 15 (verso) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Text, Folio 5 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Text, folio 11 (verso) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Hanuman Brings the Mountain of Healing Plants; Rama Extracts the Arrow from Lakshmana as Hanuman and a Bear Prepare to Treat Him (recto), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)
Text, folio 8 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Text, folio 9 (verso) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Pair of Manuscript Covers: Prajnaparamita Flanked by Bodhisattvas (above); Vajrasattva(?) Flanked by Bodhisattvas (below)
Text, folio 6 (recto) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
Text, folio 14 (verso) from a Kammavacha: Buddhist ordination text
More from India (Bihar or West Bengal)
Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)
Dancing Female Goddess, Firing an Arrow from Her Bow and Holding an Elephant Goad ", Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
Buddha Offering Protection (Abhaya Mudra), Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
Folio from a Manuscript of the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)