Vajrasattva Mandala
Color on cotton
金剛薩埵曼荼羅圖
中國
十四世紀作品。此曼荼羅主尊為白色身相的金剛薩埵，戴寶冠，袒上身，裝飾繁複。右手舉於胸前持象徵慈悲的金剛杵，左手置於腰際持象徵智慧的金剛鈴，結跏趺坐。環繞主尊的是四天王，自下方順時針方向依序為綠色身相的東方護法持國天王；南方增長天王，其身藍色，持劍；西方廣目天王，其身紅色，持蛇；北方多聞天王，呈黃色身相坐於獅座，持寶傘與吐寶獸。
壇場四周繪有身形微細的女尊，表徵般若波羅蜜的形態之一，或被視為無上智慧的精華本質。壇城內外四隅描繪不朽之瓶，圓形卷草團花紋滿布於壇場內及外周三重大圓圈中。
此圖色彩純正明亮，構圖對稱，線條規整，為西藏佛教曼荼羅藝術的傑出例作。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 959.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vajrasattva Mandala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 959.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Vajrasattva Mandala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:959.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Vajrasattva Mandala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 959).
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