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Sarnath: Life of the Buddha

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印度北方邦鹿野苑遺址出土

印度北方邦瓦拉那西(Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)鹿野苑(Sarnath)出土。作品由下至上以四個畫面表現了南傳佛教四相成道故事之樹下誕生、降魔成道、初轉法輪及涅槃。底層誕生圖中摩耶夫人呈三屈式立姿,左手高舉攀扶樹枝,打破一般描繪夫人右手攀樹的模式。第二層降魔成道畫面裡,佛趺坐於中央台座上,四周布滿魔女和魔軍。第三層初轉法輪畫面則可見佛倚坐於正中央,兩側有飛天及脇侍,下方有弟子合掌跪拜。第二、三層圖中眾多人物與佛身保持了相當的距離,不似傳統作品一貫把所有空間填滿。上層涅槃圖內,同樣刻意在佛頭部處保留空間。除此以外,雕刻師更採用透雕手法,進一步增強了空間的寬廣及深遠感。
 笈多王朝(約320〜550)留下了數量相當多的佛傳浮雕,大多是四相圖,也有八相圖。從四相圖增加到八相圖,增加的有舍衛城神變、降伏醉象、佛自忉利天返人間和獼猴獻蜜,在主題的選擇上出現了相對集中的傾向。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 972.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Sarnath: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 972.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Sarnath: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:972.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Sarnath: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 972).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr},
pages = 972,
title = {{Sarnath: Life of the Buddha}},
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