Shakyamuni Buddha - with the 35 Buddhas of Confession
(item no. 87004)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

134.62x109.22cm (53x43in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art

(acc. #1961-149-4, Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Ristine, 1961)

 
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Shakyamuni Buddha and the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas from the Mahayana Buddhist Confession Sutra according to the Ludrub (Nagarjuna) iconographic system. This is a single composition and does not belong to a set of paintings. The Nageshvara Raja depiction, at the top left, blue in colour with a white face, follows the Tsongkapa system of depiction. There might also be other variations with a few of the Buddha depictions.

Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa

Jeff Watt 8-2010


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Subject: Thirty-five Confession Buddhas
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Subject: Confession Buddhas (Nagarjuna System)



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