Item: Amitabha Buddha - Nirmanakaya

Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས་འོད་དཔག་མེད། Chinese: 无量寿佛

(item no. 90129)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Nyingma
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Private

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amitabha, Buddha (Tibetan: o pag me, sang gye. English: Limitless Light, Enlightened One). Red in colour, in the posture of meditation with both hands folded in the lap, he holds a black begging bowl and sits on a peacock supported throne. At the upper left corner is Padmasambhava, on the right Green Tara. At the bottom left is the bodhisattva of compassion, Avalokiteshvara, white in colour. On the right side is Vajrapani, blue in colour.

Jeff Watt 1-2001