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Ajanta Cave 7: Thousand Buddhas

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阿旃陀石窟第7窟千佛圖

印度馬哈拉施特拉邦奧蘭加巴德

位於阿旃陀石窟(Ajanta Caves)第7窟過廳左壁。據經典記載,六師外道以各種神通挑戰佛陀,佛遂顯現種種神變以降伏外道,其中佛示現千尊化身之情景成為佛教藝術常見的題材。
 該圖分作九列,由下至上第一列正中刻一蓮莖,左右有龍王支撐,外側各雕一坐佛及三合掌供養人。第二列為五尊坐佛及一尊立佛,其上每列均雕七尊坐佛。諸佛或結禪定印,或結轉法輪印,或施無畏印,身上殘留顏料痕跡,推測原貌華麗莊嚴。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 32.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Ajanta Cave 7: Thousand Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 32.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Ajanta Cave 7: Thousand Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:32.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Ajanta Cave 7: Thousand Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 32).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 32,
title = {{Ajanta Cave 7: Thousand Buddhas}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}


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