Item: Ratnasambhava Buddha - (Peaceful Appearance)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
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| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art |
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Peaceful
Gender: Male
Ratnasambhava, Buddha (Tibetan: rin chen jung den, sang gye. English: the Arising of Qualities, Enlightened One). The Buddha of the southern quarter of the mandala, surrounded by numerous forms of Green and White Tara.
orange-yellow in colour with one face and two hands the right is extended across the knee in the mudra (gesture) of generosity with the palm facing outward. The left hand is placed in the lap in the the mudra of meditation. Seated in vajra posture atop a lotus cushion and horse supported throne he is surrounded by an orange and blue nimbus and a green-blue aureola.
Jeff Watt 5-2000
Subject: Five Buddhas Main Page (Directions, Tantric, Symbolic)
Collection of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
Buddhist Deity: Ratnasambhava Buddha Main Page
Painting Set: Five Symbolic Buddhas (Alleghenies)
Subject: Composition - Repeated Figures Main Page
Collection of Southern Alleghenies: Buddhas