A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s7.42
A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.s7.42
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Figure 200 gives a side view of the beautiful image of *Prajñā-Pāramitā* now at Leyden, of which Mr. Havell has published a front view. The name is that of the most sacred book of the Mahāyānist scriptures, ascribed to Nāgārjuna, and thence transferred to a personification of Supreme Wisdom in female form. Mr. Havell, who regards the image as being 'one of the most spiritual creations of any art, Eastern or Western', compares it with the Madonnas of Giovanni Bellini.