Search Results:

<< Viewing Record 43 of 91 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed		 


Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Tibetan or Indian
Title:Mani Stone
Date Made:19th century or earlier
Type:Sculpture
Materials:Stone
Place Made:Asia; Ladakh, India (probably)
Measurements:Overall: 3/4 in x 14 13/16 in x 5 in; 1.9 cm x 37.6 cm x 12.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. (carved): [Tibetan characters, Om Mani Padme Hum]; INSCRIPTION: verso, upp. r. (red paint): XG.2.
Accession Number:  MH 1910.8.J.OII
Credit Line:Gift of Miss Jessie R. Carleton, in memory of her mother, Celestia Bradford Carleton (Class of 1854)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
mh_9_j_oii_z_v1_ref.jpg

Description:
A horizontal line of relief Tibetan script inscribed on a flat brown prayer "Mani" stone with pointed ends, reads: "Om Mani Padme Hum," the famous six-syllable mantra of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara.

Tags:
religion; Buddhism; languages; praying

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1910.8.J.OII

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

2 Related Media Items

mh_9_j_oii_z_v1_ref.jpg
mh_9_j_oii_z_v1_ref.jpg 		mh_9_j_oii_z_v1_ref.jpg
mh_9_j_oii_z_v2_ref.jpg
<< Viewing Record 43 of 91 >>