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
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
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 6
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Aparimitāyurjñāna, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།)
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures Main Page
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