Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Shakyamuni

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 978)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Uncertain
Size	74.93x48.90cm (29.50x19.25in)
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue #	acc.# P2000.15.3

Classification: Person

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha and the Glorious Heap of Fruition Temple (Sanskrit: dhanyakataka). This is the famous location in South India where the Buddha Shakyamuni bestowed the Kalachakra initiation for the first time.

This composition has also been identified as a depiction of the Mahabodhi temple at Bodhgaya, India.

Jeff Watt 5-2005