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Pakki Kuti

帕耆俱提塔遺址

印度北方邦瑪荷

譯名為Pakki Kuti,又稱鴦掘摩羅塔遺蹟(Angulimala Stupa)。位於印度北方邦瑪荷(Maheth, Uttar Pradesh)。傳為憍薩羅國波斯匿王所建。貴霜王朝(約1~3世紀)時期修建,後經重修與擴建。一八六三年隨舍衛國遺址一起被發掘。
 該塔由紅磚砌成,基座平面呈方形,由下而上逐層縮小。有一垂直開鑿之井洞,自建築中央頂部通至底部。今塔頂洞口圍了一圈鐵欄杆,供眾俯視大塔內部。
 五世紀和七世紀中國法顯大師和玄奘大師分別至此巡禮,確認該地為鴦掘摩羅塔遺蹟。鴦掘摩羅即佛陀時代憍薩羅國大臣之子,最初從學於邪師摩尼跋陀羅(Manibhadra),恭順謙敬,但被師母誣陷凌辱之罪,摩尼跋陀羅遂命其出遊修行,並須殺害千人,各取一手指,始得授以涅槃之法。鴦掘摩羅因而出城殺人取指作鬘,故有「指鬘」之稱。至九百九十九人時,欲弒母以湊成千數。佛陀遙知而前往化度,為他宣說正法,乃改過懺悔而入佛門,後證得阿羅漢果。據經典記載,如來、菩薩、緣覺、阿羅漢、阿那含、斯陀含、須陀洹及轉輪王滅後,必當起塔供養,故後人於鴦掘摩羅遇佛而得道、入滅及火化之地立塔以資紀念。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture M-S, page 806.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Pakki Kuti." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture M-S, vol. 3, 2016, pp. 806.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Pakki Kuti" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture M-S, 3:806.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Pakki Kuti. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture M-S (Vol. 3, pp. 806).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture M-S},
pages = 806,
title = {{Pakki Kuti}},
volume = 3,
year = {2016}}


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