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Life of the Buddha - Parinirvana (right side)

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佛傳圖雕於方形二層台座之上層,台座下層銘文記載北齊天保十年(559)敬造「龍樹思惟像」等,知台座上原為半跏思惟像,即彌勒菩薩於龍華樹下思惟,擬將成佛,現菩薩像已佚失。佛傳圖主尊為彌勒,表示佛教正法相承,從釋迦繼承給未來佛彌勒。
 台座正面之佛傳圖,從右至左分別為樹下誕生、七步生蓮、九龍浴太子、阿私陀仙人占相。背面為苦行、牧羊女乳粥供養及尼連禪河出浴之場面。右側面是初轉法輪的場景。左側面則為佛入涅槃,弟子環護圍繞,面容哀傷。
 台座之發願文內容為「惟大齊天保十年歲次己卯二月十五日像主比丘惠祖比丘智元像主□□吉毋人等敬造龍樹思惟像一軀通身□大三尺半仰為皇帝萬民有為含識受苦眾生一時成佛後為師僧父母七世先亡見存眷屬同發□果比丘尼道惠比丘尼道禎……」。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 580.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 580.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:580.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 580).
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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 G-M},
pages = 580,
title = {{Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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