Mangyu Gateway Stupa: Green Tara
芒域過街塔綠度母像
印度
位於西壁北側。綠度母多為坐姿，此像與南側的觀音相對而立，為少見的綠度母形式。
此度母一面八臂，頂戴華冠，冠巾飄垂身側。帶頭光及大背光，帔帛繞臂。著紅色半袖衣，下繫裙，裙上綴有菱形紋樣，裙襬層疊有致。八臂或持物，或結印，跣足而立。
綠度母又稱救八難度母，此像背光以紅色為地，繪有八組圖景，當中人物比例較小。八組圖景顯示不同人物遭大象、蛇虺、獅子、大水等類侵害，應為表現度母救濟八難情境。
《救度佛母二十一種禮讚經》中記載，凡眾生持誦救度八難真言，可遠離八難之苦。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 506.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mangyu Gateway Stupa: Green Tara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 506.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mangyu Gateway Stupa: Green Tara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:506.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mangyu Gateway Stupa: Green Tara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 506).
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