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Mathura: Yaksa

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藥叉像

印度北方邦秣菟羅帕爾卡姆村出土

印度北方邦秣菟羅帕爾卡姆村(Parkham, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)出土,為秣菟羅最早期的雕刻風格作品。藥叉在原始阿含經典中屬天神眾,後來逐漸發展為護法佛教的天龍八部之一,主要以守護寺院生命與財寶為主。
 該像雙臂殘損,頸部有接合的痕跡。面部風化嚴重,戴大耳環。袒上身,胸前戴兩重胸飾,其一呈「V」形。胸腹間繫一條帶子,小腹凸出。下半身裹腰布,腰布於股間打結下垂,兩腿間有四列鋸齒狀的陰刻衣紋。粗壯的雙腿透過圍腰布清晰可見,左膝略彎,基本呈直立狀態。此像強調正面直立,背面與側面造型平板,但整體造型渾厚壯碩,雕像僵硬呆滯,沒有任何動作,已展露早期古風藝術的特徵,是相當重要的一件作品,為日後秣菟羅佛像造像的藍本。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 710.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mathura: Yaksa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 710.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mathura: Yaksa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:710.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mathura: Yaksa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 710).
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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 = 710,
title = {{Mathura: Yaksa}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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