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須彌山圖

緬甸

此緬甸圖冊共有五十九開,封底為皮革製,內頁紙張上註明「曼德勒,一八八六」,據此推測當造於一八八六年。
 此圖以絢麗的緬甸式畫風描繪須彌山。須彌山為印度神話中之神山名,佛教的宇宙觀沿用之,謂其為聳立於一小世界中央之高山。以此山為中心,周圍有八山、八海環繞,形成一須彌世界。
 圖下方表現壯麗的海洋,兩隻互相吞咬尾巴的大魚圍繞著一座山峰,其上刻劃數身阿修羅與迦樓羅。大海中升起一巨柱,象徵須彌山;其兩側各豎七根對稱的彩色柱子,高度漸次遞減,表示群山圍繞。須彌山頂為忉利天宮,寶閣重重,乃帝釋天所居之處,內有無數天眾,天宮上書有天人壽命長達五百歲的文字。寶閣下方有二小塔,圖右側塔內的黃色圓形中繪野兔,代表月亮;左側塔內的紅色圓形則繪綠色孔雀,意謂太陽。此塔下方的亭閣描繪阿修羅的住所。畫家以充滿想像力的手法,活潑地詮釋了佛教宇宙觀,饒富生趣。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 132.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Buddhist Cosmology." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 132.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Buddhist Cosmology" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:132.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Buddhist Cosmology. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 132).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H},
pages = 132,
title = {{Buddhist Cosmology}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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