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Gaiji Monastery: Six-Armed Mahakala

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六臂大黑天像

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此像一面三目六臂,為藏傳佛教中常見的大黑天造像。橘紅色髮上揚,以蛇盤束,此乃十二至十三世紀藏傳佛教護法之造像特徵。胸腹壯碩,四肢粗短則常見於早期大黑天神和不動明王等造像。雙目圓睜,張口露獠牙,二主臂手持鉞刀和嘎巴拉碗,已毀損;餘四臂,右上手持骷髏念珠,下手應持鼓,已佚;左上手持三叉戟,下手應持●(Q)索,已佚。飾項鍊、臂釧、手鐲和腳鐲,腰圍虎皮,披掛之人頭鬘多已損佚。屈右腿,展左足,踏人屍。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 363.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Gaiji Monastery: Six-Armed Mahakala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 363.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Gaiji Monastery: Six-Armed Mahakala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:363.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Gaiji Monastery: Six-Armed Mahakala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 363).
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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 = 363,
title = {{Gaiji Monastery: Six-Armed Mahakala}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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