File:Painted covers and single folio from the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript.jpg

From Bharatpedia, an open encyclopedia

Original file ‎(2,048 × 1,461 pixels, file size: 957 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. The description on its file description page there is shown below.

Summary

Artist
Unknown artistUnknown artist
Description
English: Painted covers and single folio from the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript. Gold ink on paper. Sanskrit.

According to Pratapaditya Pal "Of the later illuminated manuscripts of the Prajndpdramita , the most interesting is that copied in 1511 and now preserved in the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Although the manuscript itself is illuminated only with hieratic images, its covers are richly painted with scenes from the life of the Buddha and there seems no doubt that the same artist was responsible for both. Apart from depicting the usual scenes from the life of the Buddha, he has introduced a few others such as Siddhartha's departure from the palace, the cutting of his hair, and his being offered food by the maiden Sujata. Besides such thematic additions, the paintings are rendered in a style altogether different from that of the earlier illuminations. (The Arts of Nepal. II - Painting.., Brill, Leiden 1978, p. 51)

Nepal, 1511. Royal Library, Copenhagen
Date 1511
date QS:P571,+1511-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer https://www.facebook.com/1652286008405874/photos/astasahasrika-prajnaparamita-gold-on-paper-neel-patra1511-cenepalfrom-the-collec/1662563197378155/

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Captions

Painted covers and single folio from the Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript. Nepal, 1511. Royal Library, Copenhagen

media type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:58, 27 February 2023Thumbnail for version as of 23:58, 27 February 20232,048 × 1,461 (957 KB)wikimediacommons>NousUploaded a work by Unknown from https://www.facebook.com/1652286008405874/photos/astasahasrika-prajnaparamita-gold-on-paper-neel-patra1511-cenepalfrom-the-collec/1662563197378155/ with UploadWizard

The following page uses this file:

Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/File:Painted_covers_and_single_folio_from_the_Ashtasahasrika_Prajnaparamita_Manuscript.jpg"