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Chaukhandi Stupa

五比丘迎佛塔

印度北方邦瓦拉那西

譯名為Chaukhandi Stupa。位於印度北方邦瓦拉那西(Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)鹿野苑(Sarnath)。為五比丘迎接佛陀之處。建於笈多王朝(約320~550)五世紀間。按五世紀中國僧人法顯著《佛國記》記載,當時鹿野苑有三十餘家寺院。十二世紀末受伊斯蘭軍隊破壞,寺院毀棄。塔頂部高30公尺之八角形塔樓,為十六世紀莫臥爾王朝(1526~1707)所建。
 該塔現埋於一小土丘內,據考古推測,由不同時期建築形制層層加蓋。目前土丘為磚砌,呈階梯式,最下層外牆飾長方幾何形紋,推測曾為階梯式寺院。
 五比丘乃佛陀成道後,初轉法輪所度化之五位比丘。當年,悉達多太子踰城出家,其父淨飯王大驚,乃遣使追還,然因太子發心堅固,王乃從王師中選出憍陳如等五人,伴隨侍奉太子學道,此五人遂與太子共修苦行。太子以六年苦行,未能達到解脫,故放棄苦行,憍陳如等五人以為太子退失道心,遂離開太子,赴鹿野苑苦行林繼續苦修。佛陀成道後,因念此五人當先度脫,故至鹿野苑為說四聖諦、八正道等法,令得法眼淨。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, page 126.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Chaukhandi Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, vol. 1, 2016, pp. 126.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Chaukhandi Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F, 1:126.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Chaukhandi Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F (Vol. 1, pp. 126).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture A-F},
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