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Polonnaruwa: Protective Deity

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守護神像

斯里蘭卡

位於斯里蘭卡中北省波羅那魯瓦古城(Polonnaruwa, North Central Province)。斯里蘭卡的佛塔和寺院之入口一般配置月形石和守護神,前者鋪於階梯前地面,後者成對分立兩側,有守護建築內之主尊及阻止惡魔入侵之意。月形石和守護神雕刻為斯里蘭卡佛教藝術一大特色。
 此像呈人形龍王相,頂戴尖聳寶冠,蓮瓣形頭光邊緣刻七龍頭。面作橢圓形,雙目垂視,鼻準低,下唇豐厚。佩項圈、臂釧、腕釧。袒上身,著貼體長裙,腰飾華麗,長裙襞褶富變化。肩寬腰細,上身彎向右側,左手執吉祥壺,右手握著象徵繁榮之樹枝,立於拱形龕中。腳兩側各立財富神俱毗羅(Kubera)之差使,二者四肢短小,腹部鼓脹,仰望龍王,形象詼諧,為波羅那魯瓦時期(11~13世紀)傑出的作品之一。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 820.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Polonnaruwa: Protective Deity." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 820.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Polonnaruwa: Protective Deity" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:820.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Polonnaruwa: Protective Deity. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 820).
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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 = 820,
title = {{Polonnaruwa: Protective Deity}},
volume = 12,
year = {2016}}


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