The Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines or the Panca-Vimsati Prajnaparamita-Sutra Part II; 350 leaves of handmade paper with cover sheet showing the five protectors of the faith; cotton tab on one side; fide Professor James Bosson and Edward Canze. 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; made by a monk ca. 50-100 years ago. According to Professor Lewis Lancaster, UC Berkeley Department of Oriental Languages - ca. 1976- this is one volume of a 16 volume set (the ka part is missing; a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit Astasahasrikaprajnaparamitasutra (the eight thousand lines). Probably 700-800 years old; handwritten. On each page, volume number is the upper letter. page number is a written word below.
Donor:
Mrs. Ronald Stroud
Collection place:
Tibet
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Books
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973)