English: Boddhisatvas Simhanada Lokeshvara, Folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript. Painted at Vikramashila monastery, Bihar, year 15 of the reign of Gopaladeva (III), mid 12th century, possibly c. 1145. Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf; 6.8 x 41 cm (page) British Library Or. 6902 f. 164
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Boddhisatvas Simhanada Lokeshvara, Folio from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript. Bihar, mid 12th century, possibly c. 1145. British Library Or. 6902 f. 164