Buddha Appearance - Updated
In Himalayan and Tibetan art the word 'buddha' can have two general meanings. The first meaning belongs to the religious definition where 'buddha' describes a completely enlightened being having reached the peak of the Ten Bodhisattva Grounds (levels, stages) and progressed further to a 13th level known as complete Buddhahood.
In art 'buddha' also has the secondary meaning of 'Buddha Appearance' which refers to figures that have the form of a buddha as defined by the early Buddhist literature describing the physical characteristics of a buddha such as, for example, the Thirty-two Major and Eighty Minor Marks of Perfection.