Amitayus with ninety-six replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.

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47099i
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Amitāyus, outlined in gold and black, is sitting in a red field containing ninety-six replicas of himself. They are sitting in meditation-posture with their hands forming the medicine bowl gesture, with eight fingers in meditation-posture and the thumbs forming a triangle with them. In their hands they are holding vases of long life containing aśoka plants. They are wearing crowns and Bodhisattva ornaments

Publication/Creation

[Tibet]

Physical description

1 painting : distemper on linen ; distemper 63.5 x 42 cm

Lettering

On the back there is an inscription and a pair of red hand seals which are hand prints made by means of a stamp with red paint. This could be either from the donor who had commissioned the thanka or from some great Lama who had contributed to its production by writing or advice. The inscription in dbu can script reads: Oṃ sarva bidyā (i.e. vidyā) svahā; there is a further inscription in dbu med script

References note

Marianne Winder, Catalogue of Tibetan manuscripts and xylographs, and catalogue of thankas, banners and other paintings and drawings in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London 1989, p. 84, thankas banners and paintings no. 19

Reference

Wellcome Collection 47099i

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