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達美克塔

印度北方邦瓦拉那西

譯名為Dhamekh Stupa。位於印度北方邦瓦拉那西(Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)鹿野苑(Sarnath)公園,為紀念佛陀成道後於此初轉法輪而建。據考古學家推測,孔雀王朝阿育王(約269~232 BCE在位)所建。五世紀的笈多王朝(約320~550)曾經擴建。七世紀中國玄奘大師於《大唐西域記》中提及:「大垣中有精舍,高二百餘尺,上以黃金隱起,作菴摩羅果。石為基階,塼作層龕,龕匝四周,節級百數,皆有隱起佛像。」應為此塔。一一九四年伊斯蘭教軍隊焚燒鹿野苑,該塔亦遭損毀,後被遺棄。一九五六年,成立鹿野苑遺址公園,該塔方獲重修。
 該塔為磚石結構,高約43.6公尺,塔基直徑28公尺。塔身圓筒狀,分二段,上段小於下段。下段布滿笈多王朝的精美石刻,包括蓮花、卷草紋、雲紋、人物、飛鳥及「卍」字等;另沿塔身砌出八個凸出之蓮瓣形,內開佛龕,供奉佛像,今佛像已不存。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, page 229.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Dhamekh Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, vol. 1, 2016, pp. 229.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Dhamekh Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, 1:229.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Dhamekh Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F (Vol. 1, pp. 229).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F},
pages = 229,
title = {{Dhamekh Stupa}},
volume = 1,
year = {2016}}


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