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印度北方邦秣菟羅出土

印度北方邦秣菟羅(Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)出土。推測原為建築物的門楣裝飾,正反面均有雕刻,為貴霜王朝(約1〜3世紀)佛傳故事浮雕。
 作品正面表現佛在窟內冥想時,帝釋天請樂神彈奏豎琴,佛以天耳聞其樂聲,知眾天前來,遂為諸天說法。圖中央刻劃一洞窟,佛肉髻呈卷貝形,神情充滿朝氣,體型壯碩。右手施無畏印,左手握拳置於左腿,結跏趺坐於岩石之上,腳掌雕有千輻輪相。袒右袈裟輕如薄紗,僅於左肩至右腋下刻衣紋線等,均為最早的秣菟羅佛像特徵。佛右側持豎琴者為樂神,今頭部已佚;左側合掌帶高冠者為帝釋天;外側尚有合掌而立的聞法天眾。
 作品背面刻劃菩提樹、法輪、窣堵波等,分別表現成道、初轉法輪與涅槃。楣石兩端正反面均雕有帶翼的半人半魚神獸。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 705.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mathura: Sakra’s Cave." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 705.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mathura: Sakra’s Cave" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:705.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mathura: Sakra’s Cave. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 705).
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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 G-M},
pages = 705,
title = {{Mathura: Sakra’s Cave}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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