Kadam Stupa
Bronze
銅噶當塔
中國
西藏噶當塔，約製於十三世紀。青銅質地，乃仿造印度東北方的窣堵波形制而成。據說噶當塔最初為僧人阿底峽帶入西藏，盛行於噶當派十一至十三世紀期間。
塔基本結構分成塔基、塔身和塔剎三部分。圓形塔基，邊飾聯珠紋和仰覆蓮瓣，瓣尖微翹。蓮花象徵清淨，塑於底部意謂其生長之物皆純淨無瑕。塔身呈鐘形，表面樸實無華，僅飾兩圈凸弦紋。塔身之上為蓮花形剎座，向上承接塔剎。塔剎由十三層相輪、蓮瓣紋華蓋和蓮蕾剎頂所組成。整體造型簡潔，呈現噶當派的佛塔風格。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 155.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kadam Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 155.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Kadam Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:155.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Kadam Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 155).
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