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Or.8210/S.27

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Saddharmapundarikasutra (Lotus Sutra), Chinese translation by Kumarajiva from Dunhuang.

Date

400 to 1000

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 27 centimetres, width 177 centimetres

Material

manuscript, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Buddhism Sponsored Sponsored

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight

Sponsors

The digitisation of this manuscript was sponsored by a family who reached the Mogao Caves on the 5th lunar month and 15th lunar day of 2013, after a long journey.

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