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降魔成道為犍陀羅佛傳圖常見題材之一,表現魔王率眾阻撓釋迦太子成道的場景。本作品為殘件,僅存在一側襲擾釋迦的部分魔眾,原本圖的中央應有釋迦結降魔印的趺坐像。
 畫面上群魔眾多,代表魔王的勢力,大致分三層排列。下層魔眾呈人面戰士形,有纏頭巾者、戴盔帽者,身披鎧甲,赤腳或著鞋。右邊士兵按劍持長矛,左邊士兵的盾牌上有希臘神話中蛇髮魔女戈耳工(Gorgon)的面孔,中間士兵的盾牌刻有日月圖案。中層及上層魔眾均作獸面人身,有獠牙、雙面相者,或渾身毛髮濃密,揮舞著棍棒。其中右側魔眾戴獅頭帽,雙手拉扯面皮,胸前還隱現一張蒜鼻虯髯人面。魔眾長相稀奇古怪,並展現各式各樣的表情,但不令人畏懼,反顯得逗趣可愛。浮雕下方刻四瓣花紋裝飾帶。
 魔眾所持的武器槍矛、棍棒、短劍、盾牌等,略具希臘羅馬樣式,可能是貴霜王朝(約1〜3世紀)兵器的真實反映。另,魔眾所披鎧甲也是犍陀羅美術中的孤例。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 688.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mara’s Army." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 688.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mara’s Army" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:688.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mara’s Army. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 688).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 688,
title = {{Mara’s Army}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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