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Bharhut: Mahakapi Jataka

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巴爾胡特遺址猴王本生圖

印度中央邦阿拉哈巴德瑟德納縣巴爾胡特遺址出土

印度中央邦阿拉哈巴德瑟德納縣(Satna, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh)巴爾胡特遺址(Bharhut)出土。原為佛塔圍欄柱上浮雕,題材出自南傳《本生經》,敘述佛陀過去世生為猴王,時逢枯旱,領五百猴眾至隔岸王城果園中覓食。國王得悉,命人圍困,情急之際,猴王將手腳繫於兩樹之間,以身作橋,供猴群渡河逃脫。捨身濟眾的善行,使猴群得以脫險,亦令國王感動,並啟發為君之道。
 畫面採用一圖數景的連續性構圖,表現發生在三個不同時間和地點的情節。浮雕左右的兩棵樹和中央的河流代表森林與恆河,最上方是猴王以自己的身體搭橋,讓猴群渡河;中央二位男子張開一塊大布,欲接住墜落下來的猴王;下方是猴王與國王對坐,告誡國王在遭遇危險時應保護臣子。
 整個構圖配景的空間非常流暢,三個主要場景的重心都表現在整個圓形板中央,明顯易見,主題明確。從作品的技巧,得知當時藝術家仍保留在二度空間的概念,所有的猴子全以側面來表達,國王的右手則以正面方式表現,為巴爾胡特的雕刻特色。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 135.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bharhut: Mahakapi Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 135.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bharhut: Mahakapi Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:135.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bharhut: Mahakapi Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 135).
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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 = 135,
title = {{Bharhut: Mahakapi Jataka}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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