Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Amoghasiddhi Buddha - (Sarvadurgati Tantra)

སངས་རྒྱས་དོན་ཡོད་གྲུབ་པ། 不空成就如来 (梵名阿摩伽悉地)
(item no. 99153)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1400 - 1499
Lineages Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Publication: Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist Painted Scrolls
Catalogue # 39
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amoghasiddhi, Buddha (Tibetan: don yo dru pa, sang gye): the patriarch of the last of the Five Families of Celestial Buddhas. Green in colour, the right hand is raised in a gesture (mudra) at the heart and the left is placed in the lap in meditative equipoise.

Jeff Watt 5-2004

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