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Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara

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Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara (side)

十一面觀音菩薩像

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該像推測為日本留學僧定惠於白鳳天智天皇四年(665)入唐歸國時所請回的觀音像,故可能為初唐(618~712)的作品。現為日本重要文化財。
 其造型與玄奘譯的《十一面神咒心經》之內容相符,如經所言:「若欲成立此神咒者,應當先以堅好無隙白栴檀香,刻作觀自在菩薩像,長一●(i)手半。左手執紅蓮花軍持,展右臂以掛數珠,及施無畏手。其像作十一面,當前三面作慈悲相,左邊三面作瞋怒相,右邊三面作白牙上出相,當後一面作暴惡大笑相,頂上一面作佛面像,諸頭冠中皆作佛身。其觀自在菩薩身上具瓔珞等種種莊嚴。」
 此像弓形雙眉,眼瞼大而圓鼓,雙目向下俯視,鼻梁尖挺,厚唇,眉間白毫置一圓珠,耳垂鏤空掛大耳環。頭部比例較大,肌肉的表現並無起伏凹凸,右臂微微外展,扭轉腰身,重心置於左足,略呈三屈式。右手拈數珠,左手握軍持(淨瓶),其上紅蓮已佚,立於蓮台上。頸長肩圓,袒上身,下著長裙,佩戴項圈、胸飾,成串瓔珞自兩肩垂掛至膝,並於腹前交叉穿環。除頭頂上的佛面為後來補上外,從頭部至足部的榫頭,由白檀木整材雕刻。整體造像刻劃鮮明,具印度式風貌而受矚目。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 313.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 313.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:313.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 313).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 313,
title = {{Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara}},
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