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Famen Temple Pagoda: Bodhisattva Holding a Relic

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捧真身菩薩像

陝西省寶雞市扶風縣法門寺塔地宮出土

一九八七年陝西省寶雞市扶風縣法門寺塔地宮出土,發現於地宮第四道門前。此像乃專為供養佛指舍利而敬造,唐咸通十四年(873)迎送舍利時,一併請入地宮內,是該地宮中最引人矚目的供具之一,亦是迄今發現唯一有皇帝名號的文物,彌足珍貴。
 菩薩銀鑄鎏金,重1,926公克。戴化佛寶冠,上身斜披帔帛,臂飾寶釧,下著長裙,周身嵌飾寶珠瓔珞。右膝著地,跪於蓮花台座上。雙手捧荷葉形金盤,盤中置長方形鍍金銀匾,匾上有鏤空通花三股金剛杵紋護板,匾欄貼飾十六朵寶相花,襯以蔓草,內飾聯珠紋一圈。匾上刻有發願文「奉為/睿文英武明德至仁/大聖廣孝皇帝/敬造捧 真身/菩薩永為供養/伏願/聖壽萬春聖枝万/葉八荒(方)來服四海無波/咸通十二年辛卯歲/十一月十四日/皇帝延慶日記」共六十五字。
 蓮花形台座為一金剛界和胎藏界兩部融合的大曼荼羅,分三層。上層蓮座為金剛界,三十二蓮瓣片上各有菩薩一尊。中層為胎藏界,作圓鼓狀,上刻四天王。下層亦為胎藏界,呈覆鉢形,刻種子字及八大明王像。
 菩薩像造型取自於吉祥天女,配合蓮座所刻的曼荼羅圖案,有鎮國、供養及為皇帝增福延壽的祈願,契合發願文中的「八荒來服,四海無波」及「永為供養」之意。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 89.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Famen Temple Pagoda: Bodhisattva Holding a Relic." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 89.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Famen Temple Pagoda: Bodhisattva Holding a Relic" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:89.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Famen Temple Pagoda: Bodhisattva Holding a Relic. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 89).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 89,
title = {{Famen Temple Pagoda: Bodhisattva Holding a Relic}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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