Public-domain art from Nepal
200 public-domain plates · 14th century BCE to 21st century · 88 attributed
200 public-domain works from Nepal spanning the 14th century BCE to 21st century, drawn from museum open-access programmes and released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag. Free to download and reuse. Of these, 88 carry a named artist or maker.
Artists & makers in this set
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Styrax serrulatus Roxb.
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Hypericum patulum Thunb.
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Aralia cachemirica Decne.
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Vitis obtecta Wall. & M.A. Lawson
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Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S.Ying
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Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S.Ying
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Meconopsis regia G. Taylor
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Arctium lappa L.
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Hemiphragma heterophyllum Wall.
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Lindenbergia grandiflora (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) Benth.
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Dioscorea deltoidea Wall.
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Dioscorea deltoidea Wall.
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Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S.Ying
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Gnetum montanum Markgr.
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Cycas pectinata Griff.
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Gnetum montanum Markgr.
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Meconopsis regia G. Taylor
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Architectural Strut with the Dikpala, Vayu, Standing on a Deer
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Architectural Strut with the Dikpala, Isana, Standing on a Bull
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Double-Sided Painted Banner (Paubha) with God Shiva
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Temple Strut Fragment with Boar God, Varaha
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Hindu Manuscript Cover with Ganesha, Brahma, Shiva and Parvati, Vishnu, and Karttikeya
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Hindu Manuscript Cover with Two Disciples and a Naga King and Queen Seated Before a Sage
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Vase of Longevity (Kalasha) with Buddha Amitabha
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Fragment of a Plaque with Seated Mother Goddesses Indrani and Chamunda
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Arjuna Slays Karna, page from a Mahabharata series
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Portrait of Colonel Ranabir Singh Thapa
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Kyanite
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Colquhounia coccinea Wall.
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Solanum nigrum L.
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Lamp with Deified Figure Upheld by Garuda
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Tantric Goddess Kamakala and Spouse in Ritual Embrace (yab-yum)
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Mother Goddess Brahmani Seated in a Yogic Posture Holding a Water Pot
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Mahasiddha Manibhadra Under a Mango Tree with an Evicerated Dog
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Guardian King Vaishravana on His Lion Mount
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God Vishnu Astride His Mount, Garuda
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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated with Hand in Gesture of Reassurance (Abhayamudra)
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The Sage Agastya Seated in Meditation on his Water Pot (Kumbha)
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God Vishnu's Mount, Garuda, Standing with Hands in Gesture of Adoration (Anjalimudra)
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Krishna's Marriage to Kalinda, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript
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Jvaradeva, God of Fever
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Head of Bhairava, A Horrific Form of God Shiva
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Mayadevi, Mother of the Buddha
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Wish-Fullfilling Gem Lord of the World (Chintamani Lokeshvara)
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Androgynous Form of Shiva and Parvati (Ardhanarishvara)
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Painted Banner (paubha) of Goddess Ushnishavijaya Within a Funerary Mound (chaitya) and Surrounded by Chaityas
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Pradyumna Enters the Palace of the Demon Sambar and Challenges him to Battle, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript
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Rukmini Seeks Krishna's Permission to Visit her Brother Rukma, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript
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The Demon Sambar Throws the Infant Pradyumna into the River, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript
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Buddhist Goddess Tara
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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Manuscript Cover from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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Manuscript Cover with Buddha, Two Bodhisattvas and Two Protective Deities (Lokapalas)
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Manuscript Cover from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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Manuscript Cover from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers with Buddha Overcoming Temptation Surrounded by Disciples
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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One of a Pair of Magical Charms (Dharani) Manuscript Covers
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One of a Pair of Magical Charms (Dharani) Manuscript Covers
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers of the Five Transcendant Buddhas
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra)
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Manuscript Cover from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra)
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Manuscript Cover with Six Seated Buddhas with Various Hand Gestures (Mudras)
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Goddess Green Tara Seated with Hand in Gesture of Gift Giving (Varadamudra)
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Fragment of a Plaque with Dancing Mother Goddesses Varahi, Kaumari and Chamunda
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Fragment of a Plaque with Dancing Ganesha and the Mother Goddesses Brahmani and Maheshvari
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Six-Armed God Ganesha
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Box
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Vajracharya Priest's Crown
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Deities Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi in Ritual Embrace (Yab-Yum)
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Goddess Green Tara Standing with Hand in Gesture of Gift-Giving (varadamudra)
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Tiered Offering Mandala of the Goddess of Wealth (Vasudhara)
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Set of Three Shrine Ornaments with Two Crocodiles (Makara) and a Serpent King (Nagaraja)
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Tantric Temple Banner of a Dancing Goddess Flanked by Dakinis
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Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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Pair of Manuscript Covers
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Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)
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Pair of Manuscript Covers with the Five Transcendent Buddhas
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Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra)
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)
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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)
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Bunga Dya (Avalokiteshvara) in the Form of Rato Macchendranath
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God Vishnu Riding His Mount, Garuda
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Four-Armed Dancing God Ganesha with His Rat Mount
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Linga Altar with Four Faces of Shiva
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Yakshas Relief
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Seated Surya (God of the Sun)
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Book cover illustrated with scenes from Kalidasa’s Shakuntala
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Akshobhya, the Transcendent Buddha of the East
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Akshobhya, the Buddha of the Eastern Pure Land
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Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya (The Buddha of the Future)
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Linga
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Manuscript Cover with Four Vidyadevis Accompanied by a Protective Deity
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Tara, the Buddhist Savior
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Standing Ganesha
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Wrathful Eight-Armed Goddess Slaying a Demon
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Amulet case with Vishnu Riding Garuda
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Mahakala with Shakti
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The Bodhisattva Manjushri as a Ferocious Destroyer of Ignorance
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Vishnu Riding on Garuda
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Scabbard for Knife or Axe (Kharga)
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Knife (Kukri)
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Knife or Axe (Kharga)
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Bhairava
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Standing Lakshmi (Goddess of Fortune)
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Relief Plaque of Hindu Deity, Probably Processional: Face of Varaha
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Ushnishavijaya Enthroned in the Womb of a Stupa
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Fragment from the Backplate of an Icon
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Lokesvara
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Knife (Kukri)
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Scabbard for Knife (Kukri)
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Knife or Axe (Kharga)
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Achala
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Seated Vasudhara
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Standing Garuda (The Royal Solar Bird)
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Model of a Stupa
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Standing Bodhisattva
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Padmapani
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Ornament for deity
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Yaksha Relief
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Cover for an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
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Pair of Manuscript Covers with Buddhist Deities
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Surya, the Hindu Solar Deity
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The Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future
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Eccentric Anthropomorph
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Seated Kubera
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Nose Ring
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Vak, an Emanation of the Buddha Amitabha
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Text, folio 22 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Text, folio 94 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara
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Text, folio 115 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Manuscript of the Supreme Array)
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Text, folio 37 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Text, folio 73 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Ear Ornament for a Deity
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Standing Surya
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Four-Armed Ganesha Dancing
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Samantabhadra spinning clouds of things, folio 22 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Ornament in the Shape of a Peacock
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Vajravarahi: Dancing Tantric Buddhist Female Deity
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Miniature Seated Kubera
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Ornament
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Tantric Form of Avalokiteshvara with Consort
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Standing Tara
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Folio 115 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a buffalo (recto); text (verso)
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Avalokiteshvara
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Folio 73 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and an antelope (recto); text (verso)
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Folio 22 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Samantabhadra spinning clouds of things (recto); Text (verso)
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Manjuvara Turning the Wheel of the Law
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Triumph of the Buddha, Marvijaya
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Pair of Hindu Manuscript Covers
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Pair of Book Covers with Scenes from the Devimahatmya
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Women’s Pendant
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Ear Ornament for a Deity
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Ornament for deity
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The Bodhisattva Padmapani Lokeshvara
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Kumara with a Peacock
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Leaf from an Illuminated Buddhist Manuscript
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Deity Earring with Vishnu on Garuda (front) and chepu (monster mask) (back)
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Durga Slaying the Demon Buffalo
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Vishnu
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Lokeshvara
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Seated Maitreya
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Sudhana and an antelope, folio 73 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Sudhana and a buffalo, folio 115 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Sudhana and a pair of antelopes, folio 37 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Figure of a Maitreya on a Tiered Pedestal
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Bodhisattva Vajrapani
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Pendant with Two-Armed Blue Deity on a Lotus with Nagas (serpent divinities)
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Deity Earring with Vishnu on Garuda (front) and chepu (monster mask) (back)
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Temple Banner with pilgrimage sites and scenes from the "Svayambhu-purana" (Ancient Text of the Primordial Buddha)
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Varahi
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Devi
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Avalokitesvara Padmapani: Bodhisattva of Mercy Bearing a Lotus
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Vasudhara, Goddess of Abundance
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Sudhana and a parrot, folio 20 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Text, folio 20 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri, folio 348 (verso) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Bodhisattva Manjushri with two forms of Avalokiteshvara, folio 348 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Folio 348 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Bodhisattva Manjushri with two forms of Avalokiteshvara (recto); Bodhisattva Samantabhadra purifies the path to enlightenment, with Manjushri (verso)
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Krishna and Satyabhama Storm the Citadel of Naraka, folio 97 from a Bhagavata Purana
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Sudhana and the rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha, folio 94 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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Folio 20 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a parrot (recto); Text (verso)
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Mandala of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi
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Nagarjuna (c. 150–250 CE) with a Buddhist Master
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Vishnu
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Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara Padmapani
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Bodhisattva of Wisdom (Manjushri)
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Folio 94 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and the rishi Bhishmottaranirgosha (recto); text (verso)
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Kubjika–Navatman
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Goddess Uma
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Bejeweled Buddha Preaching
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Royal Female Donor
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Earring with Vishnu Riding Garuda
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Earring with Vishnu Riding Garuda
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Pendant with Four-armed Green Vishnu on a lotus with Nagas
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