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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: 2 3/4 in x 6 in x 4 1/4 in; 7 cm x 15.2 cm x 10.8 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1903.3.J.OII
Credit Line:Gift of Marcus Carleton, in memory of his mother, Celestia Carleton (Class of 1854)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Oval-shaped stone with incised Tibetan characters reads “Om Mani Pad Me Hum, A Ah Sha Sa Ma Hah”.
Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of the bodhisattva of compassion. The first word “Om” is a sacred syllable found in Indian religions. The word Mani means "jewel" or "bead", Padme is the "lotus flower" (the Buddhist sacred flower), and “Hum” represents the spirit of enlightenment.

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missionaries

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