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A Sanskrit manuscript of Lotus Sutra in South Turkestan Brahmi script.jpg
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This folio of the popular Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra (Lotus Sutra) is written in Sanskrit in an early form of South Turkestan Brahmi script. The manuscript originally comprised more than 350 folios, each consisting of two thin layers of paper pasted together. Leaves of this same manuscript are preserved in London, Munich and Berlin. Ink on paper.
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Ce folio du populaire Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra (Sutra du lotus) est écrit en sanskrit, dans une forme ancienne de l'écriture brahmi du Turkestan du Sud. Le manuscrit original comprenait plus de 350 folios, chacun étant constitué de deux fines couches de papier collées ensemble. Des feuilles (folio) de ce même manuscrit sont conservées à Londres, à Munich et à Berlin. Encre sur papier.
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