Conch
Shell, copper, and silver
鑲翅海螺
中國
頂部嵌銅質吹口。螺口接包銅銀翅，翅表面由三個「L」形的裝飾帶組成，最外層鑄蓮花纏枝紋，每朵花心間隔鑲嵌紅、綠寶石，其中有兩顆寶石已脫落；中間層以高浮雕鑄象寶、主兵臣寶、女寶、輪寶、居士寶、珠寶、馬寶等七政寶，均由覆蓮台承托；最裡層鑄一回首行龍，龍足四爪。翅內側刻藏文經咒。海螺尾端附一環，可繫五色哈達。
海螺喻佛說法時，聲音洪亮，如同螺貝聲響徹四方，故海螺常代表法音。在藏密灌頂儀式中，作為登上正覺位的證明，上師會授予修持者法螺，意勉當轉諸佛之法輪，遍傳大法聲於一切處。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 49.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Conch." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 49.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Conch" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:49.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Conch. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 49).
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