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Tiered Offering Mandala of the Goddess of Wealth (Vasudhara) Nepal · 19th century Ushnishavijaya Within a Chaitya, Commemorating the Laksha Chaitya Vrata (Thousand Chaitya Ritual), with Dated Inscription Nepal · 1513 The Demon Sambar Throws the Infant Pradyumna into the River, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript Nepal · c. 1775 Rukmini Seeks Krishna's Permission to Visit her Brother Rukma, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript Nepal · c. 1775 Krishna's Marriage to Kalinda, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript Nepal · c. 1775 Double-Sided Painted Banner (Paubha) with God Shiva Nepal · 16th-17th century One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra) Nepal · c. 17th century Arjuna Slays Karna, page from a Mahabharata series Nepal · c. 19th century One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra) Nepal · c. 17th century Red Avalokiteshvara, Possibly as Rain God Bunga Dya in the Form of Rato Macchendranath Nepal · 18th/19th century Temple Banner with pilgrimage sites and scenes from the "Svayambhu-purana" (Ancient Text of the Primordial Buddha) 1635 Bejeweled Buddha Preaching 1648 Folio 348 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Bodhisattva Manjushri with two forms of Avalokiteshvara (recto); Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri (verso) 1000–1100s Bodhisattva Manjushri with two forms of Avalokiteshvara, folio 348 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri, folio 348 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Folio 20 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a parrot (recto); Text (verso) 1000–1100s Sudhana and a parrot, folio 20 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master c. 1300s Thangka with Amitayus 1600s Sudhana and a pair of antelopes, folio 37 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000s-1100s Sudhana and an antelope, folio 73 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Sudhana and the rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha, folio 94 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Folio 94 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and the rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha (recto); text (verso) 1000–1100s Text, folio 20 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Sudhana and a buffalo, folio 115 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi late 1400s Folio 22 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Samantabhadra spinning clouds of things (recto); Text (verso) 1000–1100s Samantabhadra spinning clouds of things, folio 22 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya) Nepal · 18th century God Vishnu's Mount, Garuda, Standing with Hands in Gesture of Adoration (Anjalimudra) Nepal · 13th century Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated with Hand in Gesture of Reassurance (Abhayamudra) Nepal · 15th/16th century Six-Armed God Ganesha Nepal · 17th century Mother Goddess Brahmani Seated in a Yogic Posture Holding a Water Pot Nepal · 13th century Text, folio 22 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Text, folio 37 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Text, folio 115 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Manuscript of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Text, folio 73 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Folio 73 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and an antelope (recto); text (verso) 1000–1100s Text, folio 94 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array) 1000–1100s Folio 115 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a buffalo (recto); text (verso) 1000–1100s Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra) Nepal · c. 17th century The Sage Agastya Seated in Meditation on his Water Pot (Kumbha) Nepal · 15th century Hindu Manuscript Cover with Ganesha, Brahma, Shiva and Parvati, Vishnu, and Karttikeya Nepal · late 15th/early 16th century Hindu Manuscript Cover with Two Disciples and a Naga King and Queen Seated Before a Sage Nepal · late 15th/early 16th century Avalokitesvara Padmapani: Bodhisattva of Mercy Bearing a Lotus c. 1000s Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri) 1400s Mahasiddha Manibhadra Under a Mango Tree with an Evicerated Dog Nepal · 13th/14th century