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Ellora Cave 12: Eight Great Bodhisattvas (right side)

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Ellora Cave 12: Eight Great Bodhisattvas (left side)

愛羅拉石窟第12窟八大菩薩像

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位於愛羅拉石窟(Ellora Caves)第12窟第二層佛龕之左、右壁。兩壁各有四尊菩薩並列,與正壁中央的主尊佛及左右脇侍菩薩像組成一曼荼羅形制,為當時佛教石窟密教化的例證。
 此八尊菩薩像身形相若,體型勁健,線條起伏有致,均呈立姿。頂戴巍峨寶冠,寶冠上飾化佛、寶塔等,帶橢圓形頭光。左肩斜披聖線,身飾瓔珞。右手分別執長莖蓮花、寶劍、幢幡、金剛杵、梵篋等物。其中七尊左手扶腰,另一尊則雙手持物。
 八大菩薩,指護持正法、擁護眾生之八尊菩薩。其名稱有種種異說,據中國唐代(618~907)不空譯《八大菩薩曼荼羅經》為︰「觀自在、慈氏(彌勒)、虛空藏、普賢、金剛手、曼殊室利(文殊)、除蓋障和地藏菩薩。」據此經載,建此曼荼羅可銷十惡五逆等罪,且就各菩薩軀體顏色、姿勢、位置、手印等,皆有說明。
 此圖中八尊菩薩造像特徵,與經中所載不盡相同,故未能一一判別各尊菩薩名號。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 348.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Ellora Cave 12: Eight Great Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 348.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Ellora Cave 12: Eight Great Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:348.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Ellora Cave 12: Eight Great Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 348).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 348,
title = {{Ellora Cave 12: Eight Great Bodhisattvas}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}


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