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Amaravati: Naga Kings Protecting a Stupa

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阿瑪拉瓦提龍王護塔圖

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。此塔出土了大量表現佛塔的浮雕石板,多發現於大塔的基座和覆鉢形塔身,此作品為其一。圖中的佛塔造型簡樸,沒有圍欄與石柱,特別之處在於整座塔為龍神簇擁和守護。龍神信仰在印度,尤其是南印度的民間非常興盛,佛教則以守護神的形式吸納了龍神信仰。
 此塔的基座立面以二柱區隔出三間,每間雕一條五頭盤龍;覆鉢形塔身部分有三條五頭龍相互纏繞;平頭上部為平板疊澀,頂部以多重密集的小傘蓋排列出一巨大傘蓋形狀。佛塔兩側各有一人形龍神和龍女,上方則為手端供品的小龍神,畫面右側一身小龍神已損毀。龍神與龍女的造型自然生動,應屬於薩塔瓦哈納王朝(Satavahana,約200 BCE~250)盛期的作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 22.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Amaravati: Naga Kings Protecting a Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 22.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amaravati: Naga Kings Protecting a Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:22.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amaravati: Naga Kings Protecting a Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 22).
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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 A-F},
pages = 22,
title = {{Amaravati: Naga Kings Protecting a Stupa}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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