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右旋白螺

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螺體光潔瑩潤,無刻劃飾紋,盛放在鞔皮盒內。盒蓋內壁附一白綾簽,簽上右起書寫漢、滿、蒙、藏四種文字,右側漢文為「乾隆四十五年(1780),班禪額爾/德呢所進大利益右旋白/螺護佑渡江海平安如願/諸事順成不可思議功德」。由此可知,此右旋白螺為六世班禪羅桑貝丹益西(blo bzang dpal ldan ye shes),恭賀清乾隆皇帝(1735~1796在位)七十壽誕時所獻之貢品。
 海螺有左旋、右旋之分,右旋白螺少而珍貴。海螺為藏傳佛教常用的法器之一,與鼓、鈸、鐃等樂器搭配使用,聲音粗獷,氣氛肅穆,為釋迦牟尼佛法音的象徵。除了具有傳揚佛法、使聞聲者驅逐惡魔、滅諸罪障的功能外,據說在船頭供奉右旋螺,能護佑涉江渡海之人,使得其風平浪靜,因而被視為「福吉祥瑞」的定風珠。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 50.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Conch." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 50.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Conch" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:50.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Conch. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 50).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 50,
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volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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