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Bingling Temple Cave 169: Illustrations of the Vimalakirti Sutra (Mural 11)

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Bingling Temple Cave 169: Illustrations of the Vimalakirti Sutra (detail) (Mural 10)

炳靈寺石窟第169窟維摩詰經變相

甘肅永靖

位於北壁下層,編號第11號。壁畫由東、中、西三組畫面組成。東側繪維摩詰經變相,先用墨線勾畫長方形邊框,邊框頂部繪帷帳,帳下繪維摩詰、侍者像。維摩詰居士擁衾斜臥帳內,作菩薩裝扮,高髮髻,斜披絡腋,左手自然抬起似在交談中,有圓形頭光,上繪傘蓋,題名「維摩詰之像」。其右側人物題名「侍者之像」,高髮髻,身著白色袒右大衣立於一旁,有圓形頭光。維摩詰經變相的西側為無量壽佛像,再以西為一說法圖,沒有發現文殊菩薩問疾的畫面。但該說法圖中的主尊雖作佛裝,卻半側向東,稍舒左腿而坐,似與東側維摩詰有所呼應,有可能正是前往問疾的文殊菩薩。
 在同一壁面另見有完整的一鋪維摩詰經變相(第10號),畫幅較小,以佛說法圖的形式對稱安排畫面。居中是結跏趺坐佛,作說法狀,墨書「釋迦牟尼佛」。佛右為維摩詰著菩薩裝,側身向佛,墨書榜題「維摩詰之像」。佛左側畫面已剝落,露出底層的「文殊師利」墨書榜題。圖中形象雖然簡單,但畫面完整,依此可知維摩詰經變相的初創形式。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 177.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bingling Temple Cave 169: Illustrations of the Vimalakirti Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 177.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bingling Temple Cave 169: Illustrations of the Vimalakirti Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:177.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bingling Temple Cave 169: Illustrations of the Vimalakirti Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 177).
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title = {{Bingling Temple Cave 169: Illustrations of the Vimalakirti Sutra}},
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