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Baita Temple: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara

Gilt bronze

千手千眼觀音菩薩像

中國

觀音菩薩手中持物,據唐(618~907)伽梵達摩譯《千手千眼觀世音菩薩廣大圓滿無礙大悲心陀羅尼經》各有其含義。所謂滿千手像,據《造像量度經》:「法身八手,報身四十手,化身九百五十二手,共計滿千手也。」
 菩薩像結跏趺坐,計十一面,額前正中有第三隻眼,四十二手,胸前二手合十,腹前二手施禪定印,其餘數隻手或舉日、月、金剛杵、數珠等法器,或結印。身後小手呈輻射狀排列成多層同心圓。此像造型完美,鑄造精細,保存完好。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 114.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Baita Temple: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 114.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Baita Temple: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:114.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Baita Temple: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 114).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 114,
title = {{Baita Temple: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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