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Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha with Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas

Ink and color on silk

藥師佛及文殊普賢會圖

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。此圖為大型絹畫的一部分,大部分殘缺。榜題位於畫面中央,文字已難以辨識,但透過紅外線拍攝可見有漢文及藏文,內容大致相同,且有紀年,彌足珍貴。
 漢文題記由右至左豎寫,可識讀出「敬畫藥師如來法席/一鋪文殊普賢會一鋪千手/千眼一軀如意輪一軀不/空●(上四+下絹)索一軀/以此功德奉為先亡□考/□□□法界蒼生同/□共登覺路/丙辰歲九月癸卯朔十五日丁已/建造畢」。從橫書的藏文可知供養者為一比丘,為自身健康及弘法而祈願。此作繪於吐蕃統治敦煌時期(781~847),推測題記中的「丙辰」即唐開成元年(836)。
 藥師佛繪於題記正上方,身旁有二脇侍、菩薩及比丘,二脇侍體態婉曲,為藏式風格。題記左右分繪漢式風格的普賢菩薩及文殊菩薩,各有眷屬圍繞。下方千手千眼觀音、如意輪觀音及不空●(上四+下絹)索觀音,大半殘損。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 643.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha with Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 643.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha with Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:643.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha with Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 643).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 643,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Medicine Buddha with Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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