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崇楠溪寺比豆梨賢者本生圖

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位於崇楠溪寺(Wat Chong Nonsi)戒堂內。畫面以參差的鋸齒紋分隔出大小不一、形狀不規則的空間,描繪比豆梨賢者本生故事,典出南傳《本生經》第五四五則,在泰國被列為十大佛本生之一。內容為佛於過去世為一古國大臣比豆梨賢者,才智過人,其時有一龍妃欲聞其法,佯病告知龍王需得其心方能痊癒。龍王誤會龍妃本意,遣藥叉不那奇取比豆梨心,並承諾事後回報以貌美的龍女。不那奇領比豆梨返龍宮途中,數度加害終未成,反被度化,最後比豆梨至龍宮為龍王和龍妃等說法。
 圖中央為一大宅和寬敞庭院,庭院中比豆梨正與家屬告別,不那奇牽馬在旁等候。庭院外不那奇的駿馬飛躍蓮池,蹄不沾水,表現此馬奔跑神速,右側一群目擊者見狀驚歎。
 圖右上角描繪不那奇令比豆梨攀扶馬尾,並策馬狂奔,欲藉此取其性命。左下角是不那奇為比豆梨德行所折服,請之坐於馬背同赴龍宮的情節。
 圖右下角描繪三人同騎,表示不那奇完成任務,得龍女為妻,並奉龍王之命,護送比豆梨返家。
 圖中另穿插了一些有趣畫面,如中央左側,庭院角落一男一女在舂米,腳下有頑童逗弄雞隻、大宅門前階梯兩側跑出馬、羊等,顯示泰國畫家喜將生活景象融入作品。整體構圖靈活,人與動物姿態生動,線條富韻律和生命力,體現出大城時期(Ayutthaya,1350~1767)傑出的繪畫技巧。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 976.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Wat Chong Nonsi Ordination Hall: Vidhurapandita Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 976.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Wat Chong Nonsi Ordination Hall: Vidhurapandita Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:976.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Wat Chong Nonsi Ordination Hall: Vidhurapandita Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 976).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z},
pages = 976,
title = {{Wat Chong Nonsi Ordination Hall: Vidhurapandita Jataka}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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