A Tibetan thangka of the late 13th century, "The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya", held by the Honolulu Museum of Art under accession number 6191.1. Akshobhya, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas and the presiding figure of the eastern direction in Vajrayana cosmology, is painted as the central subject, seated in the meditation posture with his hand touching the earth, the earth-touching gesture by which he is traditionally recognized. The background carries smaller repeated images of all Five Dhyani Buddhas arranged around him. The painting's artist is recorded as unknown.
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MediumThangka, late 13th century 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Derived: this work depicts a figure already recorded as belonging to this tradition; the work-to-tradition link is inferred from that live depicts edge and the figures own attested tradition affiliation, not independently sourced beyond it.
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Akshobhya is the thangka's central, named subject per the museum accession record transcribed on the Commons file page.
Source Akshobhya Thangka, File Record (Wikimedia Commons, Honolulu Museum of Art 6191.1)
Additional Source Akshobhya (Wikipedia)
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1. Akshobhya Thangka, File Record (Wikimedia Commons, Honolulu Museum of Art 6191.1)
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A Tibetan thangka of the late 13th century, "The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya", held by the Honolulu Museum of Art under accession number 6191.
Thangka (Wikipedia)
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"The Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya", Tibetan thangka, late 13th century, Honolulu Academy of Arts.
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