Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Amitabha Buddha - Nirmanakaya

སངས་རྒྱས་འོད་དཔག་མེད། 无量寿佛
(item no. 90733)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Nyingma
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Tibet House, New York
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amitabha, Buddha (Tibetan: o pa me, sang gye, English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Light), surrounded by various panditas and lineage lamas of the Nyingmapa School.

Red in colour with one face and two hands placed in the lap performing the gesture of meditation, he sits atop a moon disc and multi-coloured lotus seat surrounded by circles of radiant light.

Jeff Watt 2-2000

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Collection of Tibet House: New York (Repatriation)
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