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巴中水寧寺石窟第1龕

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位於寺後崖面最北端。為外方內佛帳形龕,外龕敞口平頂,內龕寬0.95公尺,高1.63公尺,進深0.32公尺。拱形龕楣紋飾呈帶狀分布,龕內並立一佛二菩薩。主尊藥師佛立於圓形台上,波浪紋螺髮,臉龐圓潤,眉眼細長,雙唇較厚,雙耳垂肩,肩部寬平。身著雙領下垂式袈裟,內著僧祇支,衣紋疏朗流暢,左手托藥鉢,右手下垂持錫杖。有桃形雙層頭光。
 藥師佛脇侍一般是日光、月光二菩薩,但此龕是觀音與大勢至二菩薩。菩薩均高1.25公尺,頭戴三葉冠,身飾瓔珞。佛右側觀音右手下垂提淨瓶,左手上揚持柳枝;左側大勢至左手下垂提衣帶,右手上揚舉麈尾。二力士均高1.1公尺,跣足立於龕口,帔帛繞雙臂飄垂於體側,一手屈臂上舉,一手下壓,或伸掌,或握拳。龕像經清代(1644~1911)妝彩。
 外龕上刻有題記,字多漫漶,今存「……/金碧如來□□□願頂□必隨□……/則知□□公會孝之德與聖潛通與山□□□/□不□永永/無窮矣遂為□日/早□□□□願復將圖寶相爰□祿□妙覺觀音上/士念舊應心求必知意傿開啟願山□□□足如劫石永拂/天衣巴州始寧縣改閬州錄事參軍□像/檢校□□□州西縣菩提寺沙門曇宛/書文曹等」。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 114.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bazhong Rock Carvings Shuining Temple Niche 1." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 114.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bazhong Rock Carvings Shuining Temple Niche 1" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:114.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bazhong Rock Carvings Shuining Temple Niche 1. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 114).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 114,
title = {{Bazhong Rock Carvings Shuining Temple Niche 1}},
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year = {2016}}


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