1st storey: chapel 1W

Temple devoted to Tshe dpag med (Amitāyus) and to the bDe ba can (Sukhāvatī). Statue of Tshe dpag med (Amitāyus), red, sitting in the pralambapada posture, holding the kalaśa upon his hands, which display the samādhimudrā, flanked by Avalokiteśvara, to his right, and Mahāstāmaprahapta to his left (ground plan No. 1). Buddhas of Confession, including rGyal ba rNam par gnon pa (Vikrāntajina), Kun nas snang ba (Samantāvabhāsa), Rin chen padma (Ratnapadma), rGyal ba Ri dbang gi rgyal po (Śailendrarāja) /ground plan Nos. 2 and 7). Scenes fropm the bDe ba can paradise (ground plan Nos. 3 and 6). ’Od dpag med (Amitābha), surrounded by gods, bodhisattvas and śravakas (ground plan No. 4). Amitābha preaching to gods, bodhisattvas and śravakas (ground plan No. 5). [Lo Bue and Ricca 1993, p. 231].

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