Item: Amitabha Buddha - Nirmanakaya
སངས་རྒྱས་འོད་དཔག་མེད།
无量寿佛
(item no. 87235)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Uncertain |
| Size | 64.30x51cm (25.31x20.08in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Catalogue # | acc.# 67.848, Gift of John Goelet |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Buddha
Gender: Male
Amitabha, Buddha (Tibetan: o pag me, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Light): surrounded by numerous smaller identical forms. At the bottom center of the painting is an inscription in fine gold lettering giving instructions for placement next to others from the same set: left first.
Jeff Watt 4-2001
Front of Painting
English Translation of Inscription: left first.
Wylie Transliteration of Inscription: gyon dang po.
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha Buddha, 阿弥陀佛, འོད་དཔག་མེད། (Painting Masterworks)
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha Buddha Main Page (阿弥陀佛 / འོད་དཔག་མེད།)
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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