Item: Mandala of 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. 979)
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1500 - 1599 |
| Lineages | Uncertain |
| Size | 33.02x29.85cm (13x11.75in) |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | Rubin Museum of Art |
| Catalogue # | acc.# P2000.16.1 |
Notes about the Central Figure
Alternate Names: Aparimitayurjñana
Classification: Deity
Appearance: Buddha
Gender: Male
Speech-Amitayus (Tibetan: sung, tse pag me): the 4th mandala in the set of 12 mandalas according to the Sarvadurgati Parishodhana Tantra. This painting belongs to a set of twelve compositions. Only one other from the set is currently known.
Jeff Watt 1-2003
Mandala: Mandala Main Page
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Painting Gallery 9
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Aparimitāyurjñāna, 无量寿佛, སངས་རྒྱས་ཚེ་དཔག་མེད།)
Buddhist Deity: Sarvavid, Parishodhana Tantra Mandala List
Painting Set: Vajravali (RMA, Tamashige)
Buddhist Deity: Amitabha, Speech (Sarvadurgati Tantra)
Painting Set: Vajravali (RMA, Tamashige)
Buddhist Deity: Amitayus Buddha (Mandala)
Collection of Rubin Museum of Art: Mandala
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