Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings
Gray schist
八王分舍利圖
巴基斯坦
佛陀入滅後，鄰近七國派遣使者至拘尸那揭羅爭求舍利，經由突路拏婆羅門調解，將舍利平均分成八份，才免於一場爭戰。
浮雕原刻在裝飾於佛塔基部的嵌板上，分為三段。下段右側是各國使者分得舍利後迎請回國，左側則表現各國起塔供養、禮拜舍利的情景。中段雕飾凹凸方格。上段尖拱形龕內分別雕刻坐佛和諸天，各龕之間方形門內刻有雙層佛塔。
在犍陀羅佛教藝術中，以此類圖像作為佛塔嵌板的裝飾，甚為普遍。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 591.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 591.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:591.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 591).
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