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Illustrated Manuscript of the Gandavyuha Sutra - Fifty-Three Visits of Sudhana - Sudhana Visits Maitreya Bodhisattva

華嚴經入法界品插圖

尼泊爾

此四頁尼泊爾梵文貝葉經為《華嚴經入法界品》手抄本,每頁中央繪插圖,表現善財周遊各地參訪善知識之歷程,即經中所載內容。圖中第一和第四頁插圖繪善財獨行於林間,披帔帛,著腰布,身形擺動,一腳跟抬起,作行走狀。
 第二頁插圖畫面左為善財,合掌向善知識禮敬求法。善知識結說法印,現頭光,結跏趺坐於蓮座上。二人中間繪一紅塔,塔為彌勒菩薩的典型標誌,故推測此為善財參訪彌勒之情景。據實叉難陀漢譯《大方廣佛華嚴經》卷七十九〈入法界品〉記載,彌勒菩薩為善財說法後,顯現樓閣。四插圖中,僅此圖的善財現頭光,隱喻善財聞法後進入樓閣,悟入法界。第三頁插圖,善知識交腳坐於平台上,善財雙手合十,凝聽善知識說法。
 作品色調以紅色和藍色為主,人物較圓的面孔和瘦長的身形具尼泊爾繪畫特色。尼泊爾於十一世紀早期已有佛教貝葉經插圖之創作,據此作品的人物描繪方式以及字體風格,推測作於十一世紀末或十二世紀初。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 362.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Gandavyuha Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 362.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Gandavyuha Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:362.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscript of the Gandavyuha Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 362).
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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 = 362,
title = {{Illustrated Manuscript of the Gandavyuha Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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