Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Vairochana Buddha - Sarvavid (Sarvadurgati Tantra)

ཀུན་རིག་རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད། 普明大日如来(佛教本尊)
(item no. 60096)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1600 - 1699
Lineages Gelug and Buddhist
Material Gold Background on Cotton
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Vairochana Buddha according to the Sarvadurgati Parishodhana Tantra.

Reverse of Painting
Special Features: (Cursive script (Umay))

Secondary Images
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Thematic Sets
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana Religious Context
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana (Sarvadurgati)
Subject: Memorial Paintings
Painting Type: Gold Ground Masterworks
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures (Gold Ground & Fill)
Subject: Inscriptions (Historical Information)
Buddhist Deity: Sarvavid Maha Vairochana
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana Buddha Main Page
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures Main Page
Collection: Christie's, Painting (March, 2005; NY)
Buddhist Deity: Vairochana, 毗卢遮那佛, རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད། (Painting Masterworks)
Subject: Repeated Figures (Masterworks)
Painting Tradition: Menri
Subject: Masterworks (Painting Traditions & Styles, 繪畫傳統與風格)