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Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell

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十王經卷首圖

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。此圖為《地藏菩薩發心因緣十王經》卷首圖。圖右為六臂觀音,左為地藏、十王。觀音其中二手上舉日輪及月輪,日輪及菩薩下半身左側部分已不存。地藏頭上披帽,左手托摩尼寶珠,右手執錫杖,前設香案。
 此圖十王並未將每尊個性表現出來,而以豎列排序方式坐於地藏兩側,各執笏。畫面左邊的五王殘損嚴重(僅見三王),右邊五王身後立有二供養人。
 《佛說地藏菩薩發心因緣十王經》記載,眾生若能於十齋日稱念一佛名,可消災除病、得福。十齋日所念佛菩薩名號各有不同,一日稱念定光佛、八日念藥師佛、十四日念賢劫千佛、十五日念阿彌陀佛、十八日念地藏菩薩,必不受四惡道苦。二十三日念大勢至菩薩、二十四日念觀世音菩薩、二十八日念毗廬遮那佛、二十九日念藥王菩薩、三十日念釋迦牟尼佛。
 又載,人於死亡之後,於冥途中,經過十王殿接受生前善惡的審判,十王分別為秦廣王、初江王、宋帝王、五官王、閻魔王、變成王、太山王、平等王、都市王、道轉輪王等。
 其中所提到的平等王,於十王中排列第八。此王本身為觀音菩薩,掌管亡人的百日忌,另以其公平司掌罪福之業,故稱平等王。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 590.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 590.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:590.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 590).
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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 = 590,
title = {{Mogao Cave 17: Frontispiece of the Sutra on the Ten Kings of Hell}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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