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巴爾胡特遺址摩竭魚

印度中央邦阿拉哈巴德瑟德納縣巴爾胡特遺址出土

印度中央邦阿拉哈巴德瑟德納縣(Satna, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh)巴爾胡特遺址(Bharhut)出土。原為佛塔圍欄柱石上的裝飾浮雕。摩竭魚是古印度神話中的海獸,形似鱷魚,下半身為布滿鱗片的魚,為佛教瑞獸之一。
 現存最早的摩竭魚作品出現於孔雀王朝(約321~185 BCE)的洛馬斯利夕窟(Lomas Rishi Cave),其外形似象、鱷魚和魚的綜合體。印度藝術家向來善於混合創造,於是各種摩竭魚的造型被用來作為裝飾的主題。其外形特點包括有足或無足、以尾部爬行或身上有鰭、嘴巴似豬、嘴尖呈渦形或長象鼻,其身體各部分則以花卉圖案裝飾。這些造型特徵可能具有某些象徵的意義。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 128.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bharhut Sculptures." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 128.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bharhut Sculptures" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:128.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bharhut Sculptures. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 128).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 128,
title = {{Bharhut Sculptures}},
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year = {2016}}


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