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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: 1 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 3.8 cm x 29.2 cm x 13.3 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. (carved): [Rañjanā (Lanydza) characters, auṃ maṇi pad me hūṃ]; LABEL: verso, l. (red): JOII.5.
Accession Number:  MH 1903.5.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:
A horizontal line of relief Rañjanā (Lanydza) script inscribed on an oval-shaped dark gray prayer "Mani" stone, reads: auṃ maṇi pad me hūṃ (or "Om Mani Padme Hum,"the famous six-syllable mantra of the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara).

Tags:
missionaries; religion

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