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Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 8: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara

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大足寶頂山石窟大佛灣第8龕千手觀音菩薩像

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位於南崖東段。龕寬12.5公尺,高7.2公尺。觀音結跏趺坐於金剛座上,頭戴高冠,冠上有四十八尊小佛像。前額豎開一眼。胸前雙手合十,腹部兩手施阿彌陀定印,其下兩手施禪定印;寶冠上兩手結大日如來劍印,其上兩手捧一小坐佛;合十雙手兩旁伸出的兩手手掌已損壞;身體左右兩側的正大手各有二十五隻;其餘的小手呈孔雀開屏式密布於88平方公尺的崖面上,共一千零七隻,手心向外的掌中均刻一眼,手持經、印、塔、螺、鞭、劍、鏡、珠等法物。
 觀音像座下鑿二力士扶座。觀音左側為一男像,著寬袖袍服,頭戴方冠,執笏;男像左邊立一婦人,頭頂豬首。觀音右側為一女像,拱手捧物;女像右邊立一婦人,頭頂象首。龕左下角有一老者,手提口袋;右下角刻一餓鬼,雙手捧碗,二者皆作乞求施捨狀。
 全龕造像經過後代重修貼金、妝彩後,金碧輝煌,氣勢恢弘壯觀,是中國現存最大的一尊千手觀音摩崖造像。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 242.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 8: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 242.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 8: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:242.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 8: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 242).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 242,
title = {{Dazu Rock Carvings Baodingshan Great Buddha Bay Niche 8: Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}


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