# Prajnaparamita flanked by two bodhisattvas, folio 187 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

- Date: Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)
- Medium: Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Leaf: 5.3 x 54.3 cm (2 1/16 x 21 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu
- Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.301.187.a)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1938.301.187.a/1938.301.187.a_web.jpg
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In the center of the page is a seated goddess of wisdom, named Prajnaparamita, who personifies the content of the text itself. A red and white bodhisattva also attend her on either side.

This manuscript, consisting of 188 double-sided folios, was calligraphed by a scribe at a monastery in northeastern India, commissioned by a monk from Nepal. Judging from the style of the paintings, they are the work of Nepalese artists.