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Mahamuni Pagoda: Mahamuni Buddha

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Mahamuni Pagoda: Mahamuni Buddha (detail)

摩訶牟尼塔摩訶牟尼佛坐像

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位於緬甸曼德勒省(Mandalay)摩訶牟尼塔(Mahamuni Pagoda)。摩訶牟尼佛(Maha Muni Buddha)為該塔主尊,鑄造於一五○年。一七八四年,貢榜王朝(Konbaung,1752~1885)孟雲王(Bodawpaya,1782~1819在位)為爭得此像入侵若開邦(Rakhine),再以大象運至當時的首都,即中部的阿瑪拉普拉市(Amarapura),最後移至曼德勒。當地另有一傳說,西元前五五四年,佛陀行化至緬甸若開邦時,匠師依其法相所造,此像被視為釋迦牟尼佛在世時的唯一佛像。
 像高約4公尺,重約6.5公噸,青銅鑄造,並鑲嵌黃金和寶石,做工精緻,整體氣宇軒昂、金碧輝煌。頭有小螺髮,頂戴金製鏤花寶冠,冠面及冠緣滿綴各式寶石,頂作火焰狀。額方面寬,臉頰渾圓,眼瞼凸起,未塑眼珠,作勢下望,鼻梁尖直,雙唇豐厚,下頦略收,法相莊嚴。右手施觸地印,左手置於腹前,雙足盤屈;上身著甲,胸佩項鍊。
 緬甸人民視此像為活佛瞻仰膜拜,僧侶們每日清晨洗淨佛面,日日不輟,逢雨季,並為其披上法袍。除敷金顏面及金質細繡的衣著、冠飾之外,其餘身軀均被信眾覆以金箔達15公分之厚,體現出信徒們虔誠供養的心意。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, page 655.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Mahamuni Pagoda: Mahamuni Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, vol. 11, 2016, pp. 655.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Mahamuni Pagoda: Mahamuni Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M, 11:655.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Mahamuni Pagoda: Mahamuni Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M (Vol. 11, pp. 655).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture G-M},
pages = 655,
title = {{Mahamuni Pagoda: Mahamuni Buddha}},
volume = 11,
year = {2016}}


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