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Amaravati: Life of the Buddha

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阿瑪拉瓦提佛傳圖

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。原為圍欄浮雕,除兩端缺損,作品保存大致完好。畫面由左向右分三個區間表現佛陀誕生前的佛傳故事,兜率天上說法、白象入胎及託胎靈夢。
 左圖兜率天宮中,佛現菩薩像,趺坐於中央寶座上,右手結說法印,兩側眾神合掌恭謹聞法。中圖上半部畫面兩天神分執傘蓋和旗,二侏儒抬著乘坐神輿的白象跟隨在後;下半部刻劃眾神奏樂、舞蹈、行進的場面。右圖摩耶夫人左脇橫臥於榻上,前後八名宮女圍侍,四角分立四天王,上方虛空中刻一小象。
 畫面之間以城牆狀的建築圖案區隔,增強了畫面的進深感。浮雕整體密集繁瑣,人物四肢修長,應為薩塔瓦哈納王朝(Satavahana,約200 BCE~250)盛期的作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 19.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Amaravati: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 19.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Amaravati: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:19.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Amaravati: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 19).
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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 = 19,
title = {{Amaravati: Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 10,
year = {2016}}


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