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Sudhana and a parrot, folio 20 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

1000–1100s
gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

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The parrot is actually an Indian ring-necked parakeet, with red beak and long tail.

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