Religious text, cover made of wood with copper sheeting and fire-gilding. Sheets of paper with gold coloured writing, silk cloth for protection; 19th century; H: 24 cm., L: 69 cm., B: 20 cm.; loan from the National Museum, Paro
The Buddha himself proclaimed the text of the Prajnaparamita sutra (»Totality of Wisdom«) to the first bodhisattvas*, who recorded the text in writing. The sutra contains important philosophical treatises of the Mahayana Buddhism on the non-existence of worldly conditions and the True Reality.
Illustrations which are painted next to the text show deities which stand in connection to the explanations.
These illustrations, painted next to the text, represent deities which stand in connection to the practices of the Prajnaparamita sutra.
These illustrations, painted next to the text, show deities which stand in connection to the explanations of the Prajnaparamita Sutra.
These illustrations, painted next to the text, show deities which stand in connection to the explanations of the Prajnaparamita Sutra.