Mathura: Amitabha Buddha Pedestal with Inscriptions
Sandstone
阿彌陀佛台座及銘文
印度北方邦秣菟羅高文德那卡出土
一九九六年印度北方邦秣菟羅高文德那卡（Govind Nagar, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh）出土。原為阿彌陀佛立像，現佛足以上不存，台座則保存尚佳。
從台座立面所刻銘文得知，造像功德主為一富商之子，為供養一切諸佛故造阿彌陀佛像。推測此像約造於一○六年，屬於貴霜王朝（約1〜3世紀）作品。台座上佛足旁有殘餘的舉身光，依稀可見蓮花裝飾，而蓮花素來即為代表阿彌陀佛的象徵，更進一步確定該尊像佛名。
在貴霜王朝之前，印度境內發現許多佛造像，但均未見刻有銘文的阿彌陀佛遺例。對學者而言，當地的阿彌陀信仰起源幾乎無跡可考。此像雖僅剩雙足和台座，但銘文卻是了解貴霜王朝秣菟羅地區阿彌陀佛信仰的珍貴資料。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 690.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mathura: Amitabha Buddha Pedestal with Inscriptions." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 690.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mathura: Amitabha Buddha Pedestal with Inscriptions" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:690.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mathura: Amitabha Buddha Pedestal with Inscriptions. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 690).
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