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Illustrated Manuscript Covers - King Dhammasonda Jataka

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法泉王本生圖

斯里蘭卡

此圖繪於經板上,為斯里蘭卡十九世紀作品,內容描繪佛過去世為法泉王,求偈捨生的故事。據巴利文《法泉王本生經》載,佛陀過去世為波羅奈城國王,出生於迦葉佛滅度後。平日供養修行者甚勤,為求迦葉佛遺偈,願以財富換之,仍無法如願。後王入林修行,帝釋天欲試探其求法誠心,化一惡鬼,令國王捨命方說遺偈。王為求偈,自山崖跳下;帝釋天乃將王帶至天界,為其說法。
 上圖為法泉王於森林中修行至生天的情節,從左至右表現王行於林間、樹下沉思、遇惡鬼、脫去華服、登頂欲跳進惡鬼口中、惡鬼化回帝釋天面貌托住國王及帝釋於天宮為王說法等情節。下圖描繪王供養修行人和欲以財富換取遺偈等場景,圖中可見法泉王的宮中生活,以及臣民、眷屬、修行者、士卒、僕役、大象等形象。人物排列有序,情節鋪陳集中。
 畫中法泉王出現多次,或著綠袍戴皇冠,或袒上身,下著裙,造型多樣,僅下裙的花紋皆相同。背景全以紅色為底,其間以宮殿、大象、樹木、山崖等連貫劇情,生動活潑,設色鮮明,猶如呈現一幕幕場景分明的連環圖畫。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 357.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscript Covers - King Dhammasonda Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscript Covers - King Dhammasonda Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:357.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscript Covers - King Dhammasonda Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 357).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 357,
title = {{Illustrated Manuscript Covers - King Dhammasonda Jataka}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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