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Mathura: Life of the Buddha

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印度北方邦秣菟羅達爾穆提拉出土

印度北方邦秣菟羅達爾穆提拉(Dhrvu Tila, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)出土。圖像鐫刻於小型窣堵波的圓柱形塔身立面,共分八個場面,間以立柱隔開,顯然是受犍陀羅美術影響,但在佛傳故事的選擇及表現手法上仍體現出秣菟羅特色。
 故事以樹下誕生、二龍王灌頂為起點,按逆時針方向依次為降魔成道、初轉法輪、涅槃、精舍內的佛陀、佛自忉利天返人間、四天王奉鉢、帝釋窟說法。誕生、降魔成道、初轉法輪及涅槃,是南傳佛教所述的佛四相成道,其餘四個場面在時間上並沒有一定性的關聯。其中佛自忉利天返人間與帝釋窟說法的題材,在秣菟羅地區廣為流行,四天王奉鉢則常見於犍陀羅地區造像。至於如精舍裡的佛陀,目前尚未發現其他類似作品。
 此類窣堵波上的佛傳浮雕,在犍陀羅一般以燃燈佛授記或樹下誕生開始,以涅槃或荼毗、分舍利結束。而在秣菟羅則只選擇表現佛陀一生重要的事蹟,不注重時間上的關聯,僅關注於聖蹟發生的地點。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 699.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mathura: Life of the Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 699.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mathura: Life of the Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:699.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mathura: Life of the Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 699).
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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 = 699,
title = {{Mathura: Life of the Buddha}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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