Samantabhadra Buddha
(item no. 912)

Tibet

1800 - 1899

Nyingma, Jonang (Sakya) and Buddhist Lineages

87.00x43.82cm (34.25x17.25in)

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art

(acc.# P1999.29.7)
 
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Samantabhadra (Tibetan: kun tu zang po. English: All Good) with consort. The primordial Buddha of the Nyingma School, surrounded by peaceful and wrathful deities.

Sanskrit: Samantabhadra Tibetan: Kun tu zang po

"Primordial Lord of unchanging light,
Central origin of all mandalas,
Possessing the ocean of knowledge and pristine awareness;
Homage to Samantabhadra Father-Mother!" (Nyingma liturgical verse).

Jeff Watt 11-2000


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Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery VIII
Buddhist Deity: Samantabhadra (Buddha)
Subject: Guhyagarbha Tantra (Peaceful & Wrathful Deities)



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