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Kelaniya Temple

肯蘭尼耶王大寺

斯里蘭卡可侖坡

譯名為Kelaniya Temple。位於斯里蘭卡可侖坡(Colombo)東郊約10公里處。西元前三世紀由雅塔臘提薩王(Yatala Tissa)建造,為當地最重要的佛教中心。據該國《大史》記載,該寺佛塔標示著當年龍王邀請佛陀和五百羅漢,第三次也是最後一次至該國駐錫之地。相傳為紀念佛陀在此處說法度眾,龍王特建該寺,並且將佛的寶座埋藏於此,遂成佛教聖地。後因外族入侵破壞,歷代國王曾多次修葺、擴建。十六世紀葡萄牙人入侵該國,該寺建築群遭毀,土地被沒收,直到荷蘭人接替統治,為向國王示好,於一七六七年允許重建。
 該寺佛塔高27公尺,直徑30公尺,呈稻穀堆形,為阿努拉德普勒古城(Anuradhapura)以外該國最大的佛塔。寺內有一尊臥佛及二尊坐佛。新殿供奉臥佛,四壁布滿以濕壁畫技法彩繪的佛傳故事、該國佛教史、佛牙舍利傳入該國等題材的壁畫,前廳天花彩繪引人入勝的幾何圖像。圍牆外側刻有歡喜矮人及象。其中描繪佛牙舍利傳入該國的護送佛牙圖,由著名新古典派畫家曼迪斯(Solius Mendis)繪製,描繪四世紀時,印度羯陵伽國(Kalinga)戰亂,公主艾瑪瑪菈(Hemamala)密藏一枚佛牙舍利於髮髻中,在丈夫陀多王子(Dantakumara)護送下前往錫蘭(今斯里蘭卡)之情景。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 598.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kelaniya Temple." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 598.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Kelaniya Temple" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:598.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Kelaniya Temple. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 598).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L},
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