Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Amitayus Buddha - Amitayus

སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། - སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། 无量寿佛 - 无量寿佛 Immeasurable Life
(item no. 112)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Uncertain
Size 69.22x48.26cm (27.25x19in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # acc.# P1995.9.1
Notes about the Central Figure

Alternate Names: Aparimitayurjñana

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Life). Yellow in colour, with one face and two hands in the meditation mudra (gesture) he holds a long-life vase in the lap. 190 images of Buddha Shakyamuni surround the central figure.

Amitayus Tibetan: Tse pag me

Jeff Watt 9-2000

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