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Nagarjunakonda: Life of the Buddha

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龍樹丘遺址佛傳圖

印度安得拉邦龍樹丘遺址出土

印度安得拉邦(Andhra Pradesh)龍樹丘遺址(Nagarjunakonda)出土。浮雕石板依時序表現佛陀成道後的故事,劃分為下、中、上三段。
 作品下段畫面左側是聖樹下的金剛座,佛立於座側。根據經典敘述,佛成道後的七週裡,曾在各種聖樹下沉思冥想,此畫面可能為佛走向其中一棵聖樹的場景。右側為佛趺坐於盤繞的龍體上,龍王以頭作屏為佛遮風擋雨,旁有化身人形的龍王與龍女合掌禮拜。
 中段畫面左側佛倚坐於菩提樹下金剛座上,四人持鉢面向佛陀,應為四天王得知有商旅欲供養佛飲食,佛卻無鉢受食,遂各奉一鉢的場面。畫面右側則為商旅布施情景。
 上段以金剛座上的佛為中心,座旁各侍立一脇侍。佛左側為五比丘,右側有合掌禮拜的在家信徒。座下刻有二鹿,顯然是佛陀於鹿野苑初轉法輪的情景。
 此作品雕刻十分精細完美,十足呈現龍樹丘最成熟時期風格的佳作,構圖、大小和主題明確;人物一靜一動,取得視覺平衡的美感。欄柱上方、左方及石板上分隔畫面的橫條,均裝飾著當時最盛行、精美的多層環狀蓮花浮雕、植物集合圖紋和植物蔓草二方連續圖紋,反映出此時裝飾浮雕圖案已臻絢麗極致。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 740.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Nagarjunakonda: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 740.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Nagarjunakonda: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:740.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Nagarjunakonda: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 740).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
pages = 740,
title = {{Nagarjunakonda: Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 12,
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