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Title

Postscript to Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra

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Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 30 centimetres, width 17.2 centimetres

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism

Description

Scope and content : This read that the ruler of Dunhuang Cao Zongshou and his spouse Lady Fan issued an order to make cloth wrappers for Buddhist sutras and to supplement the lacunae in the library of the Baoensi Monastery. The document was dated the 15th day under the sign renyin of the 7th month of the 5th year under the reign of Universal Peace (Xianping) of the Song Dynasty, which corresponded to August 25, 1002.

Date

undated

Provenance

Oldenburg 1914-15

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DHMG.

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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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