Item: Amitayus Buddha - Amitayus
སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད། - སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།
无量寿佛 - 无量寿佛
Immeasurable Life
(item no. 91049)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1800 - 1899 |
| Lineages | Nyingma |
| Size | 113.67x70.49cm (44.75x27.75in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Erie Art Museum |
Notes about the Central Figure
Alternate Names: Aparimitayurjñana
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Buddha
Gender: Male
Amitayus, Buddha (Tibetan: tse pag me, sang gye. English: Immeasurable Life, the Enlightened One): from the Sutra tradition. As a meditational deity of the Tantra tradition he performs the function of prolonging life and increasing health.
Amitayus
Tibetan: Tse pag me
Nyingma lamas sit above and at the sides with White Tara at the bottom center accompanied by two retinue figures, yellow and white.
Jeff Watt 10-2000
Collection of Erie Art Museum
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Aparimitāyurjñāna, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།)
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