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Alchi Monastery Three Story Hall: Four-Armed Avalokitesvara

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Alchi Monastery Three Story Hall: Four-Armed Avalokitesvara (drawing)

阿爾奇寺四臂觀音菩薩像

印度

位於印度拉達克(Ladakh)阿爾奇寺(Alchi Gompa)三層堂(Sumtsek)第一層西壁。該殿坐北朝南,西壁、東壁和北壁各開一大型像龕,分別供奉觀音、文殊及彌勒菩薩彩塑立像,歷代皆有修復,所繪色彩鮮豔不褪。根據後人書於彌勒菩薩足側的題記,塑此三尊菩薩像乃表徵密教要義之身、口、意三業。
 觀音菩薩一面四臂,頭戴寶冠,右二臂分別作說法及與願印,身形偉岸,神態勇健。胸前綴滿寶石,瓔珞長及於膝。下身繫彩繪腰布,圖案密集,清晰呈現供奉釋迦牟尼佛、文殊菩薩及綠度母的佛寺、印度教神殿、濕婆神殿,以及王室宮殿共十二棟,另有持幡、執傘及吹奏樂器的飛天及供養菩薩等,中間綴以花紋圖案,琳琅滿目。
 據密教圖像說明,菩薩身上的六種裝飾,分別代表六度波羅蜜:耳璫(布施)、臂釧(持戒)、項鍊(忍辱)、胸飾(精進)、腰飾(禪定)、腕釧(智慧)。菩薩腰布之佛像、天人像及各式建築,是研究當時北印度文化的最佳實例。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 12.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Alchi Monastery Three Story Hall: Four-Armed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 12.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Alchi Monastery Three Story Hall: Four-Armed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:12.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Alchi Monastery Three Story Hall: Four-Armed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 12).
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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 = 12,
title = {{Alchi Monastery Three Story Hall: Four-Armed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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