Item: Samantabhadra Buddha
ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ། སངས་རྒྱས།
普贤佛
(item no. 912)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
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| Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
| Lineages | Nyingma, Jonang (Sakya) and Buddhist |
| Size | 87.00x43.82cm (34.25x17.25in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc.# P1999.29.7 |
Notes about the Central Figure
Classification: Deity
Samantabhadra (Tibetan: kun tu zang po. English: All Good) with consort. The primordial Buddha of the Nyingma School, surrounded by peaceful and wrathful deities.
Sanskrit: Samantabhadra
Tibetan: Kun tu zang po
"Primordial Lord of unchanging light,
Central origin of all mandalas,
Possessing the ocean of knowledge and pristine awareness;
Homage to Samantabhadra Father-Mother!" (Nyingma liturgical verse).
Jeff Watt 11-2000
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 8
Subject: Guhyagarbha Tantra (Peaceful & Wrathful Deities)
Subject: Five Buddhas (Nyingma)
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