Item: Shakyamuni Buddha

Tibetan: ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། Chinese: 释迦牟尼佛

(item no. 15125)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Kagyu
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Shechen Archives - photographs

Classification: Person

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Sage of the Shakya Clan, the Enlightened One): surrounded by the 2 principal disciples, the 16 great arhats, Dharmata and Hvashang along with the 4 Great Kings of the Directions. At the top center is the primordial buddha Vajradhara.

Jeff Watt 11-2000