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Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven

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巴爾胡特遺址佛陀自忉利天返人間圖

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。原為佛塔圍欄石柱浮雕,刻劃釋迦牟尼佛至忉利天為母親摩耶夫人說法三個月後,沿著金、銀、琉璃三道寶階返回人間的場面。
 畫面中央豎立著三道寶階,中央一道寶階頂端與底部的梯級上各雕一個足印,足心刻劃法輪,一個足印代表始步的印記,另一個代表最後走完的腳印,表現佛陀從忉利天履階而下,這三道寶階是帝釋天為佛陀而建。畫面左側以一棵菩提樹和灑滿鮮花的台座來代表佛陀,樹上有飛天護持;樹右側為合掌虔誠聞法者。台座前方並列多人,正聆聽佛陀說法,人物均背向正面,身影交叉重疊,製造出畫面的深遠感。畫面右側上有飛天,下有多排並列的聞法大眾,均虔誠合掌,神情專注。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 134.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 134.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:134.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 134).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 134,
title = {{Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - Return from Trayastrimsa Heaven}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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