# Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

- Date: 1000s-1100s
- Medium: Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
- Culture: Nepal
- Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1955.49/1955.49_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

These pages come from a long horizontal book of 355 palm leaves, now dispersed among many collections. Featuring the pilgrim Sudhana on his quest to reach enlightenment, the text was especially influential in the spread of Buddhism to East Asia. These leaves are from the sole surviving illustrated manuscript of this text in its original language of Sanskrit.