Java: Vajra Bell
Bronze
銅金剛鈴
印尼中爪哇省出土
印尼中爪哇省（Central Java）出土。中爪哇時期（約7～13世紀）作品。金剛鈴具有驚覺、淨化道場、恭請諸尊降臨等作用。
鈴頂端作五股形，股端銳利，裝飾簡樸。握柄為鬼目帶，上下飾以蓮瓣，與鈴身相接面浮雕三股金剛杵，部分呈中空狀。鈴身上部為蓮瓣，中部環飾垂幔圖樣，四面刻寶珠、金剛杵、蓮花、羯磨等紋樣，象徵阿L佛、寶生佛、阿彌陀佛及不空成就佛。此四佛加上鈴本身代表的大日如來，即構成金剛界五佛。四紋樣亦或指金剛界大日如來的四親近菩薩，即金剛、寶、法、羯磨四波羅蜜菩薩。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 143.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Java: Vajra Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 143.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Java: Vajra Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:143.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Java: Vajra Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 143).
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