Shanhua Temple Great Hero Hall: Sakra
Clay
善化寺帝釋天像
中國
位於大雄寶殿西壁北起第一位，與東壁北起第一尊梵天相對而立。帝釋天又稱因陀羅，本為印度教之神，其於佛教中之地位，與梵天同為佛教之護法主神，乃十二天之一。據諸經論載，帝釋天原為摩伽陀國之婆羅門，由於修布施等福德，遂生忉利天，且成為三十三天之天主。
該像頭戴化佛寶冠，面形長圓，五官娟秀。身穿寬袍大袖的華服，衣裙飾彩豐富華美。右手上舉，拇指與中指相捻，左手原似托物。整體塑像端莊典雅，融合金代（1115～1234）神格化與世俗化造像特徵。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1052.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shanhua Temple Great Hero Hall: Sakra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1052.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shanhua Temple Great Hero Hall: Sakra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1052.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shanhua Temple Great Hero Hall: Sakra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1052).
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