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MATERIAL: Paper
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 250mm
COMPONENTS: 41 + 2ff. Loose leaves between two covers of strengthened paper. Written on seven ruled lines between red and green borders. The script is in black ink, c25 syllables per line. There are eight inserted miniatures of the deities in full color painted in the Tibetan tsakli.
ITEM ID: 4333
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Nepalese Visualization Texts

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Century: 19th (1801-1900)

The test consists of verses which when recited should help the adept to construct mental visualization of the deities.

Our friend Janet Baker, Curator of Asian Art at the Phoenix Art Museum, commented, “My guess would be more Buddhist than Hindu, but the line is not always clearly drawn between the two. Someone who a read the script could say more. Lovely piece! In Himalayan Buddhism there is a merging of elements from both.”