Amaravati: Paying Respect to Sakyamuni’s Hair
Limestone
阿瑪拉瓦提供養佛髮圖
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。原為大塔圍欄上的浮雕裝飾，內容表現悉達多太子出家之際，以刀割去頭髮拋向天空，帝釋天接住佛髮，迎至天宮供奉。
畫面中央，帝釋天張開雙臂，以頭和雙手撐一橢圓形大盤，盤上盛佛髮，其周圍眾神簇擁，呈環狀分布；諸神服飾相近，姿態多樣。
人體刻劃纖細柔美，群像密集分布，整體畫面充滿了曲線性的韻律感。人物的動態誇張，裝飾繁複，正是阿瑪拉瓦提美術後期的特色，此風格後為伊修瓦克王朝（Iksvaku，3～4世紀）的龍樹丘美術所承襲。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 23.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Amaravati: Paying Respect to Sakyamuni’s Hair." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 23.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amaravati: Paying Respect to Sakyamuni’s Hair" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:23.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amaravati: Paying Respect to Sakyamuni’s Hair. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 23).
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