Mandala of Monju Bosatsu, 文殊菩薩曼荼羅図, Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 52 3/4 × 42 3/8 in. (134 × 107.6 cm), Paintings, At the center of this mandala, which was used in rites to prevent natural calamities, is an orb framing Monju Bosatsu (Sanskrit: Bodhisattva Manjushri) surrounded by eight tiny Sanskrit seed syllables and eight attendants, each on the lion mount associated with the bodhisattva
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Mandala, Monju Bosatsu, 文殊菩薩曼荼羅図, Kamakura period, 1185–1333, 13th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, 52 3/4, 42 3/8, 134, 107.6 cm, Paintings, center, mandala, rites, prevent natural calamities, orb framing, Monju, Bosatsu, Sanskrit, Bodhisattva Manjushri, surrounded, eight tiny, seed, syllables attendants, lion mount, associated, bodhisattva
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