Illustrated Manuscript of the Phra Malai Sutra (detail)
Ink and color on paper
帕瑪拉經插圖
泰國
此為泰國《帕瑪拉經》（Phra Malai）之插圖。此經書於一八六八年，以巴利文和泰文表述經文，柬埔寨文拼寫，共九十二頁，每頁高14公分，長66公分，其中七頁兩側繪插圖。經文敘述帕瑪拉比丘穿越天界和地獄，返人間後以其見聞教戒世人行善積福德和造業招罪報的內容，近數百年來成為泰國極為普遍的布教題材，並常於葬禮上被念誦。
此頁插圖分別以帝釋天和四面大梵天為主，二神均合掌跪坐於嵌滿珠寶之台座上，座下各有二天人，亦呈合掌跪坐姿勢。
其構圖對稱，背景以紅為地，細描繽紛曲卷的火焰紋，呈現絢麗的天界景象。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 364.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Phra Malai Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 364.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Phra Malai Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:364.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscript of the Phra Malai Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 364).
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