Kumbum Monastery Manjusri Shrine: Sarasvati
Clay
塔爾寺妙音天女像 札納巴札爾
中國
位於青海省西寧市湟中縣塔爾寺（sku 'bum）文殊菩薩殿（九間殿）。妙音天女又稱辯才天女，古印度婆羅門教與印度教之文藝女神，被佛教引用之後，守護受持《金光明最勝王經》者。根據《金光明最勝王經》卷七〈大辯才天女品〉所載，彼為八臂，密教胎藏界曼荼羅外金剛部院可見辯才天女奏琵琶之圖像。
該像頭戴高寶冠，鼻梁修直，相貌端麗。寬肩細腰，身軀挺拔，比例勻稱。肩披紫色帔帛，袒胸，飾瓔珞、臂釧和手鐲，著長裙，衣紋轉折流暢自然。左手抱琴，右手撥弦，作彈奏狀，交足坐於蓮座上。此像與該寺之財源天女同出自蒙古札納巴札爾（Zanabazar）之手，是塔爾寺著名彩塑之一。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 567.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kumbum Monastery Manjusri Shrine: Sarasvati." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 567.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kumbum Monastery Manjusri Shrine: Sarasvati" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:567.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kumbum Monastery Manjusri Shrine: Sarasvati. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 567).
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