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Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings

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八王分舍利圖

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犍陀羅作品。此浮雕描繪七國國王得知佛陀入滅,各遣使者至拘尸那揭羅求分取舍利,但未能如願,遂企圖以戰爭奪得。後經突路拏婆羅門居中調解,將舍利平均分成八份,化解戰爭。
 浮雕構圖分成上、中、下三段,兩邊皆有缺損。中段刻欄楯,中間垂掛蓋布。下段以希臘科林斯式(Corinthian)列柱相間隔,故事情節自右向左展開,分別是爭奪舍利、八分舍利和迎回舍利三個場面。右側畫面,二人身著鎧甲,持盾牌,揮刀戰鬥,中間站著長鬚的突路拏調停仲裁。中間畫面刻劃分配舍利,桌台上擺放著團塊狀的佛舍利,兩旁站立持舍利容器的各國使者,中間人物頭部佚失,推測是突路拏,將舍利平均分配給各國。左側畫面殘缺,表現使者們捧持分到的舍利,馳馬歸國。
 欄楯之上,表現眾神觀看分舍利,禮拜讚歎的景象。掛布上方露出上半身帶頭光者,可能為彌勒菩薩。佛陀入滅後,彌勒菩薩作為未來佛救度眾生的思想,充分展現於浮雕造像中。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 592.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 592.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:592.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 592).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 592,
title = {{Life of the Buddha - Distribution of Relics Among the Eight Kings}},
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