Potala Palace: Tara
Copper alloy
度母像
中國
度母，全稱聖救度佛母，漢譯佛經中多譯為多羅菩薩。在藏傳佛教的度母信仰中有二十一度母，為觀音菩薩化現，救度眾生遠離各種苦難。
此度母像造型十分優美，戴高寶冠，面相豐滿，泥金彩繪，目光柔和。袒上身，豐胸細腰。下身繫裙，雙腿修長。左手上舉持盛開之蓮花，右手施與願印，立於仰覆蓮台上，有精緻的火焰紋頭光。整體造像線條簡潔明快，高貴典雅。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 828.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Potala Palace: Tara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 828.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Potala Palace: Tara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:828.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Potala Palace: Tara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 828).
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