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Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment

Ink and color on paper

降魔成道圖

緬甸

此摺頁式繪本為緬甸描繪佛傳最精緻的作品之一,計有五十二頁,每頁高50.5公分,寬19.5公分,下方書有文字說明。約於一八三七年由英國人伯尼(Henry Burney)攜回英國。此圖以四摺頁表現魔王波旬遣魔軍阻撓佛陀成道,佛不為所動,並召喚地神從地踊出見證,最終降伏諸魔。
 圖中央上方佛頂飾火焰紋,著袒右袈裟,雙手垂下,結跏趺坐於金剛座上,身後有火焰紋背光和枝葉茂密的樹木,天空中落英繽紛。佛座下方龕內女子即為地神,身飾珠串瓔珞,跣足跪於台座上,兩手一上一下扭轉長髮,興起洪水,潰敗魔軍。圖左側刻劃魔軍手持刀刃兵器、放出各種猛獸,企圖攻擊佛陀。圖右為遭降伏的魔軍,表情不一,或合掌向佛,或驚慌失措。
 整體畫面賦色豐富豔麗,人物、野獸表情生動細膩,佛的安詳不動和眾魔潰敗後慌亂的神情,形成鮮明的對比。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 479.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 479.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:479.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 479).
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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 = 479,
title = {{Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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