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This iconography is known as an Amitabha triad, and is especially common in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art. [ 19 ] Amitābha is said to display 84,000 auspicious and distinguishing marks reflecting his many virtues. [ 20 ]
Illustrated Amitabha Sutra, Korea, Deokjusa Temple Japanese sutra book open to the Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra in Vietnam, 1600s Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra written in katakana, Siddhaṃ scripts and kanji. Published in 1773 in Japan.
Borobudur, Java, Indonesia In the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra , the Buddha begins by describing to his attendant Ānanda a past life of the Buddha Amitābha . He states that in a past life, Amitābha was once a king who renounced his kingdom and became a bodhisattva monk named Dharmākara ("Dharma Storehouse"). [ 10 ]
It discusses the origin myths of Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta and explains how in the far future, after Amitabha manifests nirvana, Avalokiteśvara will take his place as the lord of Sukhavati. [10] Samādhirāja sūtra, the sutra mentions Amitabha and Sukhāvatī in various places (e.g. chapter 33). It also states that whoever ...
The Udayagiri stupa for example, houses Vairocana, Amitabha, Aksobhya and Ratnasambhava in the four cardinal directions of the stupa. [ 8 ] According to Kimiaki Tanaka, this basic four cardinal directions Buddha model, combined with Vairocana Buddha from the Avatamsaka sutra , developed into the later tantric five Buddha families (which changed ...
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television host and former politician who primarily works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 1969 with Saat Hindustani, [1] and narrated Mrinal Sen's Bhuvan Shome (1969). [2]
Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Indian molecular biologist; Amitabh Chaudhry (born 1964/65), Indian banker, CEO and MD of Axis Bank; Amitabha Chowdhury, Indian journalist; Amitabh Joshi (born 1965), Indian biologist; Amitabh Mattoo, Indian academic; Amitabh Mitra, Indian-South African poet; Amitabha Ghosh (disambiguation) Amitabh Kant, Indian official
Amitabh Bachchan [a] (né Srivastava; [1] 11 October 1942 [7]) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema.He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. [8]