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克沙里雅佛塔

印度比哈爾邦巴特那

譯名為Kesariya Stupa。位於印度比哈爾邦克沙里雅鎮(Kesariya, Bihar),吠舍釐(Vaisali)西北約55公里處,是世界最大的佛塔之一。為紀念佛陀入滅前於此贈鉢與離車族(Licchavi)人而建。根據考古學家推測,應建於三至八世紀中葉,曾經數位帝王和富商出資修建及擴建。七世紀中國玄奘大師至此曾見此塔。一八一四年英人考古學家麥肯尼基(Colin Mackenzie)發掘。一九九八年印度考古局進一步發掘清理,只完成二分之一。
 該塔原高應超過45公尺,後因地震以致塔體陷入地底,現高約31.7公尺。塔呈圓錐形,底部周圓約425公尺。外觀一半已成土丘,樹影參差;另一半磚砌,呈曼荼羅形制。塔基高大,沿壁砌方龕,龕內有等身坐像,手或施禪定印或觸地印,皆損毀嚴重。頂層上方磚砌圓筒形塔體,壁面留多圈孔眼。
 此塔由來,據玄奘《大唐西域記》卷七記載,佛陀入滅前,途經吠舍釐時,離車族人不捨佛陀離去,追送至距吠舍釐西北約60公里處,佛陀贈鉢以資紀念,後人即建塔以記其事。梵文和巴利文的《伽藍經》記載,佛陀為伽藍人說法之羇舍子村,即現在的克沙里雅鎮。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 601.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kesariya Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 601.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Kesariya Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:601.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Kesariya Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 601).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L},
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