Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Shakyamuni

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 92001)

Origin Location	Ladakh
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Uncertain
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	U. of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
Catalogue #	#17451, Koelz Collection

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni, Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Sage of the Shakya Clan, Enlightened One).

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

The right hand extended across the knee performs the earth-touching mudra (gesture) and the left in the mudra of meditation supports a begging bowl. With the legs in vajra posture, right over left, he sits atop a moon disc and multi-coloured lotus blossom seat surrounded by a blue-orange nimbus, dark green aureola and a canopy of fruit laden foliage.

Jeff Watt 11-2000

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