Mogao Cave 17: Mandala
Line drawing on paper
曼荼羅圖
甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土
甘肅省酒泉市敦煌市莫高窟第17窟出土。繪製於九世紀末。圖正中央為大蓮花，多層花瓣組成同心圓，以示輪圓具足。四邊中央分別標示東、南、西、北，用以確認壇場方位。法輪外的四個角落坐有不同的神祇；西南角梵天，西北角帝釋天，東南角大黑天，東北角則未註明尊名，神祇間繪蓮花、寶珠，共十六個。
曼荼羅外圈四隅書有四天王之名，但無圖像。四面中間「凸」字形之處繪有印相及足印，其餘分為二十四格，每格分別繪法器。全圖多處特別標注文字，如圖右上角則有「此角開／咒師出入門」，這是一種不呈現尊像，只描繪象徵性的法器、印相以及文字的曼荼羅。此圖有摺疊的痕跡，應是隨身攜帶之物。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 633.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Mandala." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 633.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Mandala" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:633.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Mandala. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 633).
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