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Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

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地藏菩薩像

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。地藏菩薩坐於蓮座上,披帽,左手托寶珠,右手持錫杖,二脇侍合十長跪在旁,榜題書寫「普門菩薩」。
 地藏菩薩的身光射出象徵六道的波形紋,其左側繪人像、捧日與月的天人及被火焰包圍者,分別代表人道、阿修羅道與餓鬼道;右側繪小菩薩像、馬與牛、拿耙子的鬼,分別代表天道、畜生道及地獄道。
 圖下方兩側繪供養人像,中央由右至左豎寫七行願文「其斯繪者有清信弟子康清奴身居火/宅恐墮於五趣之中禍福無常心願於解脫/之刃今者更染患疾未得痊病願微痾/速退於身軀煩惱永離于原體功德乃金/錫振動地獄生蓮珠耀迷途換同淨土更願/親姻眷屬並休康寧昆季枝羅同霑福分/建隆四年(963)癸亥歲五月廿二日題記」。從題記得知是供養人康清奴受病魔纏身,祈願康復,並希望家族康寧。此圖大致保存完好。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 614.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 614.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:614.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 614).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 614,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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