Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 20: Illustration of the Hells - Ten Kings of Hell (detail)
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大足寶頂山石窟大佛灣第20龕地獄變相之地獄十王
重慶大足
位於龕上部下層。分列在主尊地藏菩薩兩側，左右各五王。地藏左側自東向西為秦廣大王、初江大王、宋帝大王、五官大王、閻羅天子，右側自東向西為變成大王、太山大王、平正大王、都市大王和轉輪聖王。十王旁立書記，類似人間衙署。十王東起第一身另刻現報司官，西末刻速報司官，合為十王、二司。十王、二司均刻現上身，端坐案桌後，桌帷面刻十王、兩司名和七言偈句。人物身分不同，神態各有差異。
據《佛說預修十王生七經》記載，人死後，造罪者會在冥間受苦。為勸人免死後墮入地獄受苦，應預修生七齋，供養三寶，並於亡者死後，七日乃至四十九日、百日、一年、三年為亡者作齋。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 263.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 20: Illustration of the Hells - Ten Kings of Hell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 263.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 20: Illustration of the Hells - Ten Kings of Hell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:263.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 20: Illustration of the Hells - Ten Kings of Hell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 263).
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