Kathmandu: Seven-Headed, Twelve-Armed Manjusri Bodhisattva
Gilt copper repoussé
十二臂文殊菩薩像
尼泊爾
原位於尼泊爾加德滿都（Kathmandu）谷地，以金屬錘鍱加工而成。作品表現了文殊菩薩最廣為流傳的形象，手持智慧之劍和經篋，寓意斬斷世間的無明煩惱，開啟無上的智慧。
菩薩呈年輕體貌，作七面十二臂，結跏趺坐於裝飾圓輪的台座上。主面斂目凝神，莊嚴肅穆，兩側各有二面，上方兩層，各有一首。後有巨大頭光，內飾聯珠紋，外圍作火焰紋。身形健壯，袒上身，頸佩項圈，垂掛鑲嵌寶石形的長項鍊，帛帶繞臂，末端卷曲飄揚。十二臂左右相對，主要的兩臂於胸前結說法印，其餘各臂或結手印，或分持寶劍、經卷、蓮花、●（Q）索等法物。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 528.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kathmandu: Seven-Headed, Twelve-Armed Manjusri Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 528.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Kathmandu: Seven-Headed, Twelve-Armed Manjusri Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:528.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Kathmandu: Seven-Headed, Twelve-Armed Manjusri Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 528).
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