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Ajanta Cave 19

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Ajanta Cave 19: Main Hall

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Ajanta Cave 19 (plan)

阿旃陀石窟第19窟

印度馬哈拉施特拉邦奧蘭加巴德

位於阿旃陀石窟(Ajanta Caves)中段。約開鑿於五世紀下半葉,屬於後期支提窟(caitya)。平面呈馬蹄形,窟外設庭院。洞窟形制與前期支提窟相同,所不同的是後方的窣堵波基座正面設龕,內雕立佛像,大廳和側廊間的列柱柱身、柱頭及窟頂橫梁鑿有許多佛龕,壁面飾彩繪,這些與前期支提窟有很大的區別。窣堵波的平頭與傘蓋變得高大,舉至天頂。
 窟門外壁面及庭院側壁有大量的浮雕裝飾,比前期石窟更為精緻。除佛像外亦雕有大量天神,其中以前庭右壁之龍王和龍妃及支提窗兩側之藥叉最引人注目。門柱旁二像龕分別刻劃燃燈佛授記和施土供養的題材,突出布施功德的主題。雕像勻整地羅列於石柱、飛檐、壁龕各處,部分造像體量比真人高大,體現了當時高超的建築藝術水準,也是佛教鼎盛時期石窟建築的最佳代表。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 53.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Ajanta Cave 19." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 53.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Ajanta Cave 19" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:53.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Ajanta Cave 19. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 53).
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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 = 53,
title = {{Ajanta Cave 19}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}


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