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Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - King Prasenajit Visiting the Buddha

Red sandstone

巴爾胡特遺址波斯匿王訪佛圖

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。原為佛塔圍欄柱石上的裝飾浮雕,表現憍薩羅國波斯匿王乘馬車而來,向象徵佛陀的法輪禮拜,上方銘文說明作品主題。憍薩羅與摩揭陀同為列國時代的強國,而釋迦族曾從屬於憍薩羅國。《雜阿含經》記載因為有這樣的從屬關係,波斯匿王曾頻頻拜訪佛陀,與佛陀交往甚深。
 畫面上段刻劃佛陀居住的精舍,高兩層,下層中央刻法輪,象徵佛陀。輪軸懸掛花環,法輪兩側各有一脇侍合掌佇立;上層兩端設露台和拱券門,屋頂中間刻銘文。畫面下段右側應為城門,帝王車隊正從城門開出,左側可見波斯匿王坐於豪華馬車上的側影。上方佛陀精舍兩側的狹長空間,左側從背面角度刻劃帝王隊伍,右側則描刻隊伍之正面,顯然是以側面、背面和正面三種角度表現帝王車隊行進過程中不同的時間與空間。構圖主次分明,記錄了早期佛教建築與社會的情形,展現出巴爾胡特的藝術特質。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 133.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - King Prasenajit Visiting the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 133.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - King Prasenajit Visiting the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:133.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - King Prasenajit Visiting the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 133).
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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 = 133,
title = {{Bharhut: Life of the Buddha - King Prasenajit Visiting the Buddha}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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