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印度北方邦秣菟羅傑馬勒布爾出土

印度北方邦秣菟羅傑馬勒布爾(Jamalpur, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)出土。畫面左側破損處可能為原浮雕石板的中央部分。主要畫面分上下兩層,上層從右至左當為表現佛傳故事,下層則為過去七佛像。
 上層右端是四匹馬與太陽神蘇利耶,蘇利耶著遊牧民族王者裝束,有學者認為此圖意喻悉達多太子降誕。其旁太子施觸地印,為降魔成道,其左側二魔女搔首弄姿,右側陰謀失敗的魔王蹲踞沉思。往畫面左側是初轉法輪,佛趺坐,右手觸法輪,法輪旁刻五比丘。最後表現帝釋窟說法圖,佛於窟內趺坐冥想,窟外戴寶冠的帝釋天與三天神合掌禮拜,背後雕大象。石板上沿列拱形龕,龕內雕供養人半身像,圖最左端為敷巾冠飾,象徵未成佛的釋迦菩薩。
 下層右起依次為遊牧民族裝束的立像、戴寶冠合掌的交腳坐像,彌勒菩薩及釋迦菩薩,其他應為過去七佛,現僅存兩尊,尊像間以立柱隔開。彌勒菩薩戴寶冠,左手持水瓶。釋迦菩薩戴敷巾冠飾,施禪定印。
 圖中佛陀頭頂均為接近螺髮的波浪式卷髮,厚重的通肩大衣,以平行線條表現的衣褶等,均顯示出貴霜王朝(約1〜3世紀)後期的造像特徵。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 698.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mathura: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 698.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mathura: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:698.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mathura: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 698).
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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 G-M},
pages = 698,
title = {{Mathura: Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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