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Shalu Monastery Central Hall Avalokitesvara Shrine: Naga King

夏魯寺六字大明曼荼羅圖之龍王

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位於夏魯寺(zhwa lu dgon pa)夏魯拉康第一層轉經廊之內佛殿。十四世紀作品。四臂龍王呈白色身形,七龍身卷曲呈蓮苞狀環覆其下半身,龍鱗規整,色彩明麗;七龍首自龍王項後伸出,其上各飾一火焰珠。龍王髮長及肩,髮髻高聳,戴花冠,寬額直鼻,彎眉細目,嘴巴微啟,臉龐圓潤。飾耳璫,瓔珞嚴身,袒上身,下著褲。胸前雙手合十,餘二手持蓮枝,弓右足,盤左足,坐於一仰覆蓮座。帶緣飾華麗的頭光及身光,身光兩側繪層疊的寶石,作三角狀凸出,與頭光之間各蜿蜒一蓮莖,托出三矩狀物,其末端緣飾火焰。
 龍王左右兩側立柱節節層疊而上,上托覆葉,頂端以七彩虹光相連,形成圓龕;龕內背景應為赭紅色,然繪彩褪去,略顯斑駁,其上點綴花草植物,襯托其中。
 此像常被視為文殊化現的龍女,但仔細辨認,可知為龍王,無藏文題記,其經典緣起,尚無定論。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 812.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall Avalokitesvara Shrine: Naga King." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 812.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall Avalokitesvara Shrine: Naga King" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:812.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Shalu Monastery Central Hall Avalokitesvara Shrine: Naga King. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 812).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 812,
title = {{Shalu Monastery Central Hall Avalokitesvara Shrine: Naga King}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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