Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Shakyamuni Buddha - Life Story

ཤཱཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ། 释迦牟尼佛
(item no. 87241)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1800 - 1899
Lineages Uncertain
Size 38.80x27.10cm (15.28x10.67in)
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue # acc. #48.274, Gift of Mrs. Eugene Bernat
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Person

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Shakyamuni, Buddha (Tibetan: sha kya tu pa, sang gye. English: the Enlightened One, Sage of the Shakya Clan) passing into maha-pari-nirvana.

Sanskrit: Buddha Shakyamuni Tibetan: Sang gye sha kya tu pa

Jeff Watt 4-2001

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