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Mathura: Valahassa Jataka

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雲馬王本生圖

印度北方邦秣菟羅布台薩爾遺址出土

印度北方邦秣菟羅(Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)布台薩爾遺址(Bhuteshwar)出土。原為圍欄柱上的浮雕裝飾,表現佛陀過去世生為雲馬王,常於海邊救度漂流人。其時海之彼岸有許多羅剎女鬼,化作美女迷惑商人,玩厭後即食之。雲馬王遙見羅剎女食人,於是飛渡過海拯救落難的商人。此故事除出現於南傳《本生經》第一百九十六則和梵文《大事》外,亦見於《中阿含經》與《根本說一切有部毘奈耶》等漢譯經典。
 該圖分成上、中、下三段,各畫面之間及畫面的兩端配有建築圖案。上段表現商隊首領爬上樹頂,目睹被羅剎女關在城堡裡的同伴痛苦地仰天慘叫。中段雲馬王於滿月之夜飛來,救商隊首領與同伴脫險。下段再分為上下兩個部分,上面是羅剎女與商人調笑嬉戲,下面是兩個現出原形的羅剎女,睜目吐舌,噉食商人。浮雕將最具特點的三個畫面巧妙地組合在一起,簡單明了地敘述了故事內容。

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

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mathura: Valahassa Jataka." 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: Valahassa Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:710.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mathura: Valahassa Jataka. 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: Valahassa Jataka}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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