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Bagan: Buddha Protected by Mucalinda

Wood with lacquer and gold leaf

龍王護佛像

緬甸曼德勒省蒲甘出土

緬甸曼德勒省蒲甘(Bagan, Mandalay)出土。此雕像敘述目支鄰陀龍王護衛初成正覺佛陀的場景。此龍王居古印度摩揭陀國佛陀成道處東南之目支鄰陀龍王池中,《大唐西域記》卷八載:「帝釋化池東林中,有目支鄰陀龍王池……西岸有小精舍,中作佛像。昔如來初成正覺,於此宴坐,七日入定。時此龍王警衛如來,即以其身繞佛七匝,化出多頭,俯垂為蓋。」
 佛跏趺坐於雙層方形蓮花基座上,似入甚深禪定,安詳和悅。右手作觸地印,左手置於腹前。其短頸、無螺髮及平肉髻,是蒲甘王朝(約849〜1287)晚期造像的典型特徵。九頭龍王位於佛陀背後,頂戴皇冠。正中的龍首怒目張口,似將佛陀含於口中,實為保護。佛兩側八個較小的龍首,成為佛陀的背光,造型極為生動,可見雕刻的巧思與創意。
 蓮座兩側跪著提謂(Tapussa)及波利(Bhallika)兩位緬甸富商,雙手虔敬合十,是佛陀開悟後最初的供養人,也是最初的皈依在家居士。此罕見的造像以刻劃簡潔的佛陀和雕工精細的龍王作明顯對比,極具特色。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 108.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bagan: Buddha Protected by Mucalinda." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 108.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bagan: Buddha Protected by Mucalinda" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:108.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bagan: Buddha Protected by Mucalinda. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 108).
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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 A-F},
pages = 108,
title = {{Bagan: Buddha Protected by Mucalinda}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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