Klaten: Vajra
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銅金剛杵
印尼中爪哇省克拉登縣出土
印尼中爪哇省克拉坦縣（Klaten, Central Java）出土，為中爪哇時期（約7～13世紀）作品。金剛杵兩端均呈五股形，外四股向內曲拱與中央股端相連，銳利感略減。握柄中央呈圓形凸環，表面刻劃花紋，左右兩邊飾蓮瓣紋。股與握柄設計調和，呈現均衡的美感。
中國密教初祖金剛智，南印度人，於唐開元七年（719）由海路經錫蘭（今斯里蘭卡）、印尼蘇門答臘（Sumatra）至廣州，建立大曼荼羅灌頂道場，化度四眾，乃密教於印尼擴展之始。此類法器已成為研究該地區密教修法之重要實物史料。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 162.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Klaten: Vajra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 162.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Klaten: Vajra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:162.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Klaten: Vajra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 162).
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