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Or.8210/S.5646

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Vajracchedikaprajnaparamitasutra (Diamond Sutra) 金剛般若波羅蜜經 (Jing gang bo re bo luo mi jing) translated by Kumarajiva

Date

969

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 14 centimetres, width 11 centimetres

Material

manuscript, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism Illustrated colophons dated documents Illustrated

Description

Scope and content : Manuscript in 52ff. Started in drarani, prayers and four pages of line drawings and more dharani. ff.6R-44R contains Vajracchedika Prajnaparamitasutra. ff.44R-46V contains a non canonical Buddhist text. ff.46V-52R contains an apocryphal sutra. Ends with a colophon dating it to 969. Thread of binding survives.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Stein site number

Ch.xlvi.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Buddhism: Art and Faith (Zwalf)


Chinese Manuscripts from Dunhuang in the British Library (Giles 1957)

Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight
Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight
Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight
Zwalf,WBuddhism, Art and FaithLondonBritish Museum1985ChinaBuddhismArtGoldenLight

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