Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Amitabha Buddha - Pureland (Sukhavati)

སངས་རྒྱས་འོད་དཔག་མེད། 无量寿佛
(item no. 121)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1300 - 1399
Lineages Nyingma
Size 101.60x88.90cm (40x35in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment, Raised Gold, Fine Gold Line on Cotton
Collection Rubin Museum of Art
Catalogue # P1994.21.4 acc.# c2003.50.2
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Buddha

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Amitabha, Buddha (Tibetan: o pag me, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One of Immeasurable Light): surrounded by bodhisattvas and attendants, seated on a peacock throne.

Jeff Watt 9-2000

Secondary Images
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Publications
Publication: Worlds of Transformation

Thematic Sets
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha Buddha Main Page (阿弥陀佛 / འོད་དཔག་མེད།)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art (RMA): Main Page
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha Buddha (Sukhavati, Square Format)
Subject: Torana, Amitabha & Amitayus Buddha (Early Animal Depictions)
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha (Iconographic Forms)
Padmasambhava: Early Images (Primary & Secondary)
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha Buddha (Early Paintings)
Essay: Sukhavati Comparison (Mahayana & Vajrayana)
Buddhist Deity: Vajrapani (Amitabha Set of Three)