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Sanchi Stupa 1: Life of the Buddha - King Bimbisara Visiting the Buddha

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桑奇一號塔佛傳圖之頻婆娑羅王訪佛

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位於東門南柱正面。表現頻婆娑羅王(約543~491 BCE在位)拜訪佛陀的場面,屬薩塔瓦哈納王朝(Satavahana,約200 BCE~250)中期作品。據佛傳載,佛度化迦葉三兄弟及其弟子千人後,率眾比丘往王舍城,住於城外杖林,頻婆娑羅王聞訊,即領扈從出城訪佛。佛知王仍心存疑惑,何以迦葉三兄弟會皈投佛陀,遂派迦葉施展上身出火、下身出水神變,迦葉示現神通後即禮拜佛足,令王意識到佛之偉大,發誓永為佛教之護法。
 圖右上方是王舍城內的景觀,樓閣內擠滿觀看熱鬧的城民,街道上有騎馬和騎象的護衛隊伍。右下方城外為頻婆娑羅王的車駕,其前為奏樂隊伍,後方垂直延伸的城牆,表現畫面空間向遠方伸展。畫面左上方金剛座表示佛的存在,座下一磐石狀物體,上出火、下出水,即迦葉展現神通,其下為合掌禮拜的國王與隨從。
 畫面中擁擠的馬車、嚴飾的眾象和騎馬的軍隊,構成王者盛大的隊伍,景像寫實,同時也刻劃出當時貴族王室生活中的宗教情景。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 953.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Sanchi Stupa 1: Life of the Buddha - King Bimbisara Visiting the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 953.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sanchi Stupa 1: Life of the Buddha - King Bimbisara Visiting the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:953.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sanchi Stupa 1: Life of the Buddha - King Bimbisara Visiting the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 953).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
pages = 953,
title = {{Sanchi Stupa 1: Life of the Buddha - King Bimbisara Visiting the Buddha}},
volume = 12,
year = {2016}}


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