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Shotorak: Prophecy of Dipamkara Buddha

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阿富汗帕爾旺省貝格拉姆蘇托拉克佛寺遺址出土

阿富汗帕爾旺省貝格拉姆(Bagram, Parwan)蘇托拉克(Shotorak)佛寺遺址出土,貝格拉姆即為迦畢試(Kapisa)古城。燃燈佛授記,即儒童(或稱善慧、摩納)本生,《修行本起經》、《太子瑞應本起經》、《異出菩薩本起經》、《過去現在因果經》等經典均有記載。釋迦過去世曾為儒童,至蓮花城聞燃燈佛將前來說法,便向一女子求得五莖蓮花獻佛,又解鹿皮衣並將自己頭髮鋪於泥地,讓燃燈佛以足踩過。燃燈佛乃為其授記無量劫後必可成佛,號釋迦牟尼。
 燃燈佛披通肩袈裟,右手施無畏印,掌心有法輪,左手握衣角,巍然而立。背後橢圓形舉身光,邊緣刻細細的火焰紋,頂端垂下五莖蓮花,代表儒童的供養。肩上兩旁合掌胡跪者,可以解讀為《修行本起經》中所述「懸在空中,去地七仞」的儒童,或者為天人供養。佛足右前方有儒童稽首、披髮布地的形象。站立在佛右側仰首向上的應該是拋撒花朵供養佛陀的儒童。而左下立於方形蓮台上的則是成佛之前的釋迦菩薩。構圖下部的橫長方形區域刻菩薩說法坐像,左右四位天人持花鬘。
 此造像最大特色為佛像雙肩有四道火焰,為焰肩佛形象,亦即所謂的迦畢試風格佛像。造像樸拙厚重、神態威嚴、身材粗短,明顯受到貴霜王朝(約1〜3世紀)藝術風格的影響。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1069.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Shotorak: Prophecy of Dipamkara Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1069.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shotorak: Prophecy of Dipamkara Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1069.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shotorak: Prophecy of Dipamkara Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1069).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
pages = 1069,
title = {{Shotorak: Prophecy of Dipamkara Buddha}},
volume = 12,
year = {2016}}


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