The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Manuscript early 12th century Mahavihara Master The enthroned Avalokiteshvara, bodhisattva of compassion, who is crowned, bejeweled, and framed by two white lotus blooms, sits in a temple shrine setting with bhadra-style superstructure of the Pala style. His hands held in double vitarkamudra preach the Perfection of Wisdom sutra to the female devotee who looks up in rapture at her savior. In this scene of powerful humanist sentiment, the psychological drama follows textual prescriptions describing how devotees should gaze on the deity. The Buddha essence (dhatu) is evoked by the depiction of a stupa, embodying the presence of both the Buddha relics and Buddha teachings.About the ArtistMahavihara Master Active in the early 12th century, in BengalThis master painter of the Pala-era Buddhist monastic tradition is known from one extant palm-leaf manuscript, now shared between

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The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Manuscript early 12th century Mahavihara Master The enthroned Avalokiteshvara, bodhisattva of compassion, who is crowned, bejeweled, and framed by two white lotus blooms, sits in a temple shrine setting with bhadra-style superstructure of the Pala style. His hands held in double vitarkamudra preach the Perfection of Wisdom sutra to the female devotee who looks up in rapture at her savior. In this scene of powerful humanist sentiment, the psychological drama follows textual prescriptions describing how devotees should gaze on the deity. The Buddha essence (dhatu) is evoked by the depiction of a stupa, embodying the presence of both the Buddha relics and Buddha teachings.About the ArtistMahavihara Master Active in the early 12th century, in BengalThis master painter of the Pala-era Buddhist monastic tradition is known from one extant palm-leaf manuscript, now shared between

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