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Amaravati: Life of the Buddha

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阿瑪拉瓦提佛傳圖

印度安得拉邦阿瑪拉瓦提遺址出土

印度安得拉邦(Andhra Pradesh)阿瑪拉瓦提遺址(Amaravati)出土。該石板浮雕裝飾以城牆和欄楯雕刻劃分出四個區間,分別刻劃悉達多太子誕生前後的四個場面。
 右上畫面摩耶夫人橫臥榻上,扭轉腰身,兩手上舉;榻前中央一侍女倚凳而眠。四天王出現在牀榻前後,合掌讚歎,雖不見太子乘象入胎形象,卻暗示了事件的發生。左上畫面表現淨飯王請相師占夢,王舒坐於寶座上,右手張肘當腰,左手擱於椅背,姿態悠閑,後有二宮女侍立。王左前方為摩耶夫人。四天王再度出現,圍坐於王右側和前方,同舉右手豎二指,示意祝賀太子即將誕生。
 右下畫面表現太子降誕;摩耶夫人左手高舉攀無憂樹,一宮女(一說為妹摩訶波闍波提)侍立在側,夫人右側四天王並立,合捧一長條布,布上刻有足印,代表太子的誕生。左下畫面刻劃摩訶波闍波提帶太子到藥叉廟祈福,夫人雙手捧長巾,上刻足印。背後二侍女分執拂子和傘蓋。神壇上藥叉現出半身,向太子合掌禮拜,似表示預知太子之偉大。
 圖中人物布局呈環狀配置,背景巧妙地留白等,加強了畫面的立體感和深遠感。整體畫面反映南印度表現柔軟身軀及刻劃寫實之特長,為阿瑪拉瓦提美術中優秀的代表作品之一。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 18.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Amaravati: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 18.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amaravati: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:18.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amaravati: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 18).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 18,
title = {{Amaravati: Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 10,
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