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Amaravati: Stupa

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阿瑪拉瓦提佛塔圖

印度安得拉邦阿瑪拉瓦提遺址出土

印度安得拉邦(Andhra Pradesh)阿瑪拉瓦提遺址(Amaravati)出土。此作品是仿傚阿瑪拉瓦提大塔造型,雕刻在一石板上的佛塔雛形。
 圖下方雕欄楯和塔門,有四隻蹲獅守護,中央入口雕龍王護佛像。欄楯上可見覆鉢形塔身,塔身布滿多層浮雕裝飾,底層狀似欄楯,四方位凸出方形台基,台基上豎立一排五根石柱。第二層並列浮雕圖,表現佛傳故事。再上為奔跑的動物、滿瓶和花環等紋飾。塔頂置平頭與傘蓋,兩側有飛天環繞。構圖繁複,做工精細。
 佛塔入口的龍王護佛像,其盤繞保護佛陀之造像形式,在北印度的早期佛教藝術相當罕見。相比之下,在南印度的阿瑪拉瓦提,對龍王的崇拜非常普遍,於佛頭光刻劃龍冠的藝術表現相當受歡迎。佛陀體型健碩,右手上舉,似作無畏印,左手置於腹前,趺坐於盤繞的龍身上。圓形頭光邊緣列有七個龍頭,其外緣另有十三個龍頭盤聚,呈半圓形狀,示意龍王護持佛陀。佛兩側各有脇侍,均手持拂塵。佛座前有四女子虔敬禮拜,姿勢各異,體態自然優雅。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 27.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Amaravati: Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 27.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amaravati: Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:27.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amaravati: Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 27).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 27,
title = {{Amaravati: Stupa}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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