Item: Bodhisattva - (unidentified male)

Tibetan: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ། Chinese: 菩萨 (主页)

(item no. 95)

Origin Location	China
Date Range	1700 - 1799
Lineages	Uncertain
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue #	acc.# P1995.3.1

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Suryabaskara, Bodhisattva (Tibetan: nyi mai o ser. English: the Sun's Rays). One of the two principal attendant figures to the Medicine Guru Buddha.

"On the right is the Conqueror's son Suryabhaskara, with a body red in colour. The left hand holds a lotus marked with a sun....the right hand performs the mudra of supreme generosity. The retinue of the Lord are adorned with silks and jewels, standing on lotus and moon seats in a manner of homage." (Jamyang Kyentse Wangpo, 1820-1892).

Jeff Watt 9-2000