Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Life Story
ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ།
释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 65926)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Lineages | Gelug and Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Person
Gender: Male
Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya thu pa, sang gye, English: the Enlightened One, Sage of the Shakya Clan): surrounded by vignettes portraying some of the Twelve Major Deeds of his life.
This composition is likely to be from a three or five painting set.
Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni
Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa
Jeff Watt 11-2005
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 4
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