Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva
Copper
夏魯寺金剛手菩薩像
中國
位於西藏自治區日喀則市夏魯寺（zhwa lu dgon pa）夏魯拉康。金剛手為八大菩薩之一，在藏傳佛教造像組合中，通常與觀音、文殊三尊合為「三怙主」，分別代表伏惡、慈悲與智慧。唐代（618～907）菩提流志譯《不空●（Q）索神變真言經》卷十五〈出世解脫壇像品〉載：「執金剛祕密主菩薩，身狀青色，一手把白拂，一手執金剛杵。」
此尊金剛手呈善相，綰高髻，寶冠略有損毀，面部泥金，額寬頤豐，面目慈祥，耳後飾扇形結。右手當胸持金剛杵，左手叉腰，左腳向外跨出，重心落於右腳，姿態閑適優美。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1049.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1049.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1049.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shalu Monastery Central Hall: Vajrapani Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1049).
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