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. 65106)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Size | 69.22x52.07cm (27.25x20.50in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc.# C2002.18.1 |
Notes about the Central Figure
Alternate Names: Aparimitayurjñana
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Buddha
Gender: Male
Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me. English: the Enlightened One of Immesurable Life) Lord of Limitless Life and Pristine Awareness, in Sambogakaya aspect (Enjoyment Body) of a Buddha.
Amitayus
Tibetan: Tse pag me
Buddhist Deity: Long-Life Deities
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures (Early Works)
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Aparimitāyurjñāna, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art (RMA): Main Page
Subject: Torana, Amitabha & Amitayus Buddha (Early Animal Depictions)
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures (Gold Ground & Fill)
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures Main Page
Painting Tradition: Menri Main Page
Painting Tradition: Menri (Buddha Page, 15/16th Century)
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