Sutra

Museum number:
9-6955
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090006955
Accession number:
Acc.2306
Description:
The Suvaranaprabhasasutra; 122-leaf manuscript on blue Chinese paper with gold lettering on black ground; probably written by same monk as 9-6954; Fide Professor James Bosson; From the Kanjur, equivalent of the Buddhist bible in Tibet; used by anyone in a religious context, e.g. recitals at rituals in temple or home; commissioned by someone wealthy and of high rank for all raw materials had to be supplied to the monk who made manuscript; ca. 75-100 years old; one of the most revered and popular Sutras among northern Buddhists, i.e. Mongols and Tibetans. Usually read at time of sickness or death (fide Professor Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley Department of Oriental languages, ca. 1976)
Donor:
Mrs. Ronald Stroud
Collection place:
Tibet
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
These items are extremely fragile and must be handled with care
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973), S1991-1992 #15: Lewis Lancaster (October 29, 1991–October 29, 1991), and S1991-1992 #6: Lewis Lancaster (July 15, 1991–July 22, 1991)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Sutra, accession number 9-6955, described as The Suvaranaprabhasasutra; 122-leaf manuscript on blue Chinese paper with gold lettering on black ground; probably written by same monk as 9-6954; Fide Professor James Bosson; From the Kanjur, equivalent of the Buddhist bible in Tibet; used by anyone in a religious context, e.g. recitals at rituals in temple or home; commissioned by someone wealthy and of high rank for all raw materials had to be supplied to the monk who made manuscript; ca. 75-100 years old; one of the most revered and popular Sutras among northern Buddhists, i.e. Mongols and Tibetans. Usually read at time of sickness or death (fide Professor Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley Department of Oriental languages, ca. 1976)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Sutra, accession number 9-6955, described as The Suvaranaprabhasasutra; 122-leaf manuscript on blue Chinese paper with gold lettering on black ground; probably written by same monk as 9-6954; Fide Professor James Bosson; From the Kanjur, equivalent of the Buddhist bible in Tibet; used by anyone in a religious context, e.g. recitals at rituals in temple or home; commissioned by someone wealthy and of high rank for all raw materials had to be supplied to the monk who made manuscript; ca. 75-100 years old; one of the most revered and popular Sutras among northern Buddhists, i.e. Mongols and Tibetans. Usually read at time of sickness or death (fide Professor Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley Department of Oriental languages, ca. 1976)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Sutra, accession number 9-6955, described as The Suvaranaprabhasasutra; 122-leaf manuscript on blue Chinese paper with gold lettering on black ground; probably written by same monk as 9-6954; Fide Professor James Bosson; From the Kanjur, equivalent of the Buddhist bible in Tibet; used by anyone in a religious context, e.g. recitals at rituals in temple or home; commissioned by someone wealthy and of high rank for all raw materials had to be supplied to the monk who made manuscript; ca. 75-100 years old; one of the most revered and popular Sutras among northern Buddhists, i.e. Mongols and Tibetans. Usually read at time of sickness or death (fide Professor Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley Department of Oriental languages, ca. 1976)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Sutra, accession number 9-6955, described as The Suvaranaprabhasasutra; 122-leaf manuscript on blue Chinese paper with gold lettering on black ground; probably written by same monk as 9-6954; Fide Professor James Bosson; From the Kanjur, equivalent of the Buddhist bible in Tibet; used by anyone in a religious context, e.g. recitals at rituals in temple or home; commissioned by someone wealthy and of high rank for all raw materials had to be supplied to the monk who made manuscript; ca. 75-100 years old; one of the most revered and popular Sutras among northern Buddhists, i.e. Mongols and Tibetans. Usually read at time of sickness or death (fide Professor Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley Department of Oriental languages, ca. 1976)

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