Dambulla Cave 2: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment (detail)
Dambulla Cave 2: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment (detail)
旦布拉石窟第2窟佛傳圖之降魔成道
斯里蘭卡中央省
位於旦布拉石窟（Dambulla Caves）第2窟窟頂。描繪悉達多太子即將成道之際，魔王率領魔軍前來擾亂的情景。太子居於中央，為眾魔所包圍。太子左側之魔王現四面十臂相，戴高冠，睜目，尖鼻，蓄鬚。佩耳璫、瓔珞、臂釧和腕釧，兩手持利器，騎於象背。此象有三鼻六牙，一鼻卷武器，一鼻勾蟒蛇。魔眾或獸頭人身，或獠牙外露，手高舉，或持利器，或握毒蛇，或捧猛獸，充滿喧嘩囂鬧的氣氛。
畫面構圖緊湊，色彩繽紛，細節描繪細密。人物表現法具埃及繪畫特徵，正、側面角度同時呈現。採用單線平塗法，色彩單純飽和，為該窟的壁畫特色。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, page 224.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dambulla Cave 2: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, vol. 5, 2016, pp. 224.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Dambulla Cave 2: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E, 5:224.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Dambulla Cave 2: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Caves A-E (Vol. 5, pp. 224).
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