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. 87228)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Uncertain |
| Size | 137.20x114.30cm (54.02x45in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Catalogue # | acc.# 67.828, Gift of John Goelet |
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). Red in colour, with one face and two hands in the meditation mudra (gesture) he holds a long-life vase in the lap; seated in a pureland.
Amitayus
Tibetan: Tse pag me
Jeff Watt 4-2001
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Aparimitāyurjñāna, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།)
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