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Life of the Buddha - Conversion of the Three Kasyapa Brothers

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降伏火龍圖

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犍陀羅浮雕因緣故事之一。見於《過去現在因果經》卷四,表現佛陀成道後,為度化優樓頻螺村拜火教的迦葉三兄弟,而顯現神通降伏火龍的故事。
 圖中橫長嵌板中央為圖案化的火神堂,佛陀在其中以圓輪光作象徵性的表現,圓輪邊緣用鋸齒紋表示光焰。輪下蜷伏著惡龍,伸頭吐出舌信作攻擊狀。兩旁人物為迦葉及其弟子們,看到火神堂被火焰包圍,紛紛拿起水罐滅火。畫面人物栩栩如生,舉手投足皆展現出強烈的動感。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 588.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - Conversion of the Three Kasyapa Brothers." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 588.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - Conversion of the Three Kasyapa Brothers" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:588.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - Conversion of the Three Kasyapa Brothers. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 588).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 588,
title = {{Life of the Buddha - Conversion of the Three Kasyapa Brothers}},
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year = {2016}}


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