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Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment (detail)

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Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment (detail)

蘇旺那潤寺佛傳圖之降魔成道

泰國

位於蘇旺那潤寺(Wat Suwannaram)戒堂東壁上方。據佛傳載,佛成道在即,魔王率領魔軍和魔女欲擾其志,佛不為所動,終降伏諸魔,並召喚地神見證;地神從地踊出,扭轉長髮,釋放大水,將魔軍淹沒。在泰國寺院中,以此為題材的壁畫一般繪於門壁上方,以提醒即將踏出殿堂的信眾應謹記遵循佛道。
 圖中央上方釋迦牟尼佛高坐於金剛座上,手結禪定印。佛形象簡樸,其龕形舉身光和台座相對顯得極為精麗。佛座下縱長方形畫幅內,地神跣足立於華美的台座上,伸展身軀,兩手扭轉髮辮,姿態曼妙。其上身戴珠串瓔珞,下身腰布圖案繁麗,下襬兩端外展,狀若擺動之魚尾。
 圖兩側巨幅畫面描繪魔軍,右側上方騎象魔王正發號施令,指揮部隊投器進攻;左側魔軍在驚濤駭浪中浮沉,水中海獸出沒嚙啖眾魔,上方挫敗的魔王合掌禮佛。魔眾包括了戴帽騎馬、蓄長髮作紳士打扮的西方人,反映出當時民情。畫面亂中有序,人物和動物造型突出,描繪細膩,纖毫分明。人物衣裳紋飾豐富,設色繁麗。整體作品表現出色,為該時期佳作之一。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 996.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 996.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:996.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 996).
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title = {{Wat Suwannaram Ordination Hall: Life of the Buddha - Defeat of Mara and Enlightenment}},
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