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Sanchi Stupa 1: King Asoka Paying Respect to the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya

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桑奇一號塔阿育王菩提伽耶禮佛圖

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位於東門第三道橫梁正面。刻劃虔誠的阿育王(約269~232 BCE在位)在樂隊伴奏和宮女環繞下,從跪伏的大象下座禮拜菩提樹的莊嚴場面。《雜阿含經》、《阿育王經》、《阿育王傳》、《傳法藏因緣傳》等阿育王傳記,均有記載王於在位期間曾頻頻尋訪各地佛跡,從摩崖法敕第八章的「往三菩提」,可知王於灌頂的第十年,前往菩提伽耶禮拜正覺大塔。一號塔浮雕中有數例表現阿育王事蹟的史傳圖,本圖即是其中之一,具有珍貴的歷史文獻價值。
 圖中央為一座圍起菩提樹和金剛座的精舍,應即經典中所述為阿育王所建。精舍右側,阿育王以三屈式優美姿態,從跪伏的大象而下;另一側是供養的隊伍,各持不同的供物,排列整齊地向中間象徵佛陀的菩提樹禮敬。從雕刻內容可見巽伽王朝(約187~75 BCE)貴族皇室的宗教生活情景,表現其特殊民族風格。作品構圖緊密,無多餘空間,反映出印度人「畏懼空間」的美學觀念。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 948.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Sanchi Stupa 1: King Asoka Paying Respect to the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 948.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sanchi Stupa 1: King Asoka Paying Respect to the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:948.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sanchi Stupa 1: King Asoka Paying Respect to the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 948).
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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 N-Sr},
pages = 948,
title = {{Sanchi Stupa 1: King Asoka Paying Respect to the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya}},
volume = 12,
year = {2016}}


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