Two nuns teaching lay women, colophon page of folio 167 (recto) from a Kalpa-sutra and Story of Kalakacharya
1278
Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
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Small captions give the names of the figures; the larger nun is identified as the female leader ( mahattarā ).
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