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. 76001)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
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| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Newark Museum |
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 the Sambogakaya aspect (Enjoyment Body) of a Buddha.
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Aparimitāyurjñāna, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།)
Painting Style: Guge Kingdom (Western Tibet)
Collection of Newark Museum (Painting)
Painting Tradition: Menri Main Page
Collection of Newark Museum: Painting Masterworks
Painting Tradition: Menri (Buddha Page, 15/16th Century)
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