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犍陀羅佛傳浮雕,表現釋迦苦行及牧羊女供養的場面,事見《過去現在因果經》卷三。畫面由右至左,分為三段。
 右段表現釋迦太子於苦行林樹下禪坐,日食一麻一米的苦行。太子結跏趺坐,手結禪定印,眼窩凹陷,鬍鬚滿腮,瘦骨嶙峋,身披袈裟,胸前肋骨歷歷可見,雖身軀羸瘦,但神情堅毅。帝釋天頭戴寶冠,恭敬地侍立於太子左側,梵天束高髻立於右側,兩人合掌禮拜。
 中段刻劃經過六年苦行的太子,疲倦不堪,渾身無力,覺悟苦行並非解脫之道,決定放棄苦行,於是走向尼連禪河,洗盡身上的污垢。但由於身體過於虛弱,連上岸的力量都沒有,天神遞過樹枝助其攀扶上岸。圖中釋迦袒上身,雙腿微屈,立於水中,右手舉起攀樹枝,樹上開滿花朵。後方有人揚手散花,應即幫助他的天神。
 左段釋迦著袒右袈裟,結跏趺坐,手捧一鉢,接受牧羊女的食物供養,逐漸恢復體力。兩位女子站在釋迦跟前,一左一右手中捧著食鉢和水瓶,身後站著天人。釋迦的面貌及身體皆恢復豐潤的常態,與右側的苦行像形成強烈對比。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 585.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 585.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:585.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 585).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 585,
title = {{Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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