Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 88812)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1500 - 1599
Lineages Sakya and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Arnold Lieberman
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha with two attendant figures, the Sixteen Great Arhats and the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas. In the bottom register are Dharmatala, the Four Direction Kings, Whita Tara, White Achala, Panjarnata Mahakala and a donor figure seated in front of a shrine.

Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa

Jeff Watt 6-2009

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Shakyamuni Buddha: Main Page
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Shakyamuni Buddha: Life Story, Confession & Arhats
Shakyamuni Buddha: Various Iconographic Subjects
Shakyamuni Buddha: Early Paintings