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Mogao Cave 17: Forty-Two Peaceful Deities of the Bardo Mandala

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寂靜四十二尊曼荼羅圖

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土

甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。敦煌出土文獻中,密教經典相關秘密集會的寫本常見寂靜四十二尊的儀軌。此曼荼羅以秘密集會經典中的五方佛、四佛母、四忿怒相的體系為基礎,擴展至四十二尊像。
 圖中央主尊阿●(門+三人)佛示以金剛薩埵身形,其左側為佛母,各帶頭光及身光,頂戴三角形寶冠,長耳垂,帔帛繞臂飄揚,手結印,跏趺坐於蓮座上。其左側為毗盧遮那佛,右側為阿彌陀佛,上方為寶生佛,下方為不空成就佛,手中結印及持物各有不同。五方佛左側各配以佛母,身形近似。
 毗盧遮那佛及阿彌陀佛的上、下方繪八個小圓,圓圈中的左邊皆為八大菩薩,搭配供養菩薩坐於身側。八大菩薩由上而下,由左而右,依次為彌勒菩薩、除蓋障菩薩、地藏菩薩、金剛手菩薩、文殊菩薩、觀音菩薩、普賢菩薩及虛空藏菩薩。其餘畫面繪救度六道眾生的六道佛等,與上述諸尊加總共四十二尊。
 整體構圖以並坐雙身像作為主要布局,人物表情、色彩古樸自然,局部貼金,呈現當時密教曼荼羅的圖像特色,屬於九世紀作品。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 588.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Forty-Two Peaceful Deities of the Bardo Mandala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 588.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Forty-Two Peaceful Deities of the Bardo Mandala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:588.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Forty-Two Peaceful Deities of the Bardo Mandala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 588).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 588,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Forty-Two Peaceful Deities of the Bardo Mandala}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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