Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Amitayus Buddha - (with consort)

སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། - སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། 无量寿佛 - 无量寿佛 Immeasureable Life
(item no. 91089)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1600 - 1699
Lineages Nyingma
Size 35.56x35.56cm (14x14in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Erie Art Museum
Notes about the Central Figure

Alternate Names: Aparimitayurjñana

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amitabha Buddha, Father-Mother (Tibetan: o pag me sang gye, yab yum. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Light, Father-Mother): surrounded by peaceful and wrathful deities associated with the Padma (lotus) Family of the Five Celestial Buddhas.

Jeff Watt 10-2000

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