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Ajanta Cave 2: Thousand Buddhas (detail)

阿旃陀石窟第2窟千佛圖

印度馬哈拉施特拉邦奧蘭加巴德

位於阿旃陀石窟(Ajanta Caves)第2窟過廳正、左、右壁。正壁左側存有供養人銘文。該圖取材自佛傳故事,描繪佛在世時,魔王煽動六師外道挑戰佛陀,於是佛在舍衛國接受波斯匿王、釋迦族及帝釋天等供養時,顯示各種神通,降伏眾外道。
 圖中數以千計的佛像緊密地排列在壁間,表現佛以一身化成無數佛身的壯觀情景。佛結跏趺坐於仰覆蓮台上,帶圓形頭光和橢圓形身光,著通肩袈裟,大小相若,僅手印及袈裟的顏色有所差異。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 28.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Ajanta Cave 2: Thousand Buddhas." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 28.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Ajanta Cave 2: Thousand Buddhas" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:28.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Ajanta Cave 2: Thousand Buddhas. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 28).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E},
pages = 28,
title = {{Ajanta Cave 2: Thousand Buddhas}},
volume = 5,
year = {2016}}


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