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Examples of variant characters (yitizi 異體字) from right wall of cave 59, Wofo yuan 臥佛院 Anderl, Christoph

Description

The photographs show details of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra inscribed on the right wall of Cave 59 at the Wofo yuan complex 臥佛院, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省, including examples of peculiar character variants.

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Attribution 4.0 International