Jokhang Temple Central Hall Simhanada Shrine: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara
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大昭寺千手千眼觀音菩薩像
中國
位於西藏自治區拉薩市大昭寺（lha ldan gtsug lag khang）覺康大殿。十一面千手千眼觀音形象據《佛說大乘莊嚴寶王經》卷一記載：「歸命蓮華王，大悲觀自在，大自在吉祥，能施有情願，具大威神力，降伏極暴惡，暗趣為明燈，●（k）者皆無畏，示現百千臂，其眼亦復然，具足十一面，智如四大海。」
此像十一面按照藏傳佛教圖像的傳統樣式排列，自下而上有五層，呈三、三、三、一、一排列。千手手心均有一眼，八隻主臂，中間雙手合十握寶珠，其餘諸手或結印或持法器。身後千手如背屏式在身後展開，最後又飾以蓮瓣形背光。菩薩像與背光上鑲嵌寶石，整個作品華麗精緻，保存完整。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 507.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Jokhang Temple Central Hall Simhanada Shrine: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 507.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Jokhang Temple Central Hall Simhanada Shrine: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:507.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Jokhang Temple Central Hall Simhanada Shrine: Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 507).
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