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Swat: Footprints of the Buddha

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佛足印

巴基斯坦

方形石上清晰可見一雙足印,足掌中央有放光狀輻條法輪,現足掌已裂,指頭前方銘文為古佉盧文(Kharosthi),意為「釋迦牟尼佛的足跡」。
 此石是斯瓦特(Swat)地區著名的文物,被該地區視為聖跡。據傳釋尊曾至斯瓦特河的源頭處教化惡龍,留下此足印。唐代(618~907)玄奘大師曾將佛足圖迎請回中國,在其著作《大唐西域記》卷三載:「摩訶伐那伽藍西北,下山三四十里,至摩愉伽藍。有窣堵波,高百餘尺。其側大方石上,有如來足蹈之跡,是佛昔蹈此石,放拘胝光明……」;卷八中也提到:「窣堵波側不遠,精舍中有大石,如來所履,雙跡猶存,其長尺有八寸,廣餘六寸矣。兩跡俱有輪相,十指皆帶花文,魚形映起,光明時照……。」另外,東晉(317~420)法顯法師亦對此有傳述。唐朝使者王玄策亦曾圖繪此佛足石歸國,使之流行於各地。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1178.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Swat: Footprints of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1178.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Swat: Footprints of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1178.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Swat: Footprints of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1178).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z},
pages = 1178,
title = {{Swat: Footprints of the Buddha}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}


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