Mandala of the Medicine Buddha
Gilt copper alloy
銅藥師佛曼荼羅
中國
中國十八世紀中葉作品。曼荼羅原由五十二尊像構成，後分散於其他雕塑品中。經陸續收集成組，現僅存四十九尊。據其中十一尊雕像的銘文載，確認為藥師佛曼荼羅，及四十九尊雕像的正確方位。藥師佛為東方淨琉璃世界之教主，藥師法亦為密教的四大修法之一。
曼荼羅呈圓形，由內向外分為五重。中央為主尊藥師佛，餘諸尊像如輪般環繞主尊。主尊及第二重七尊，為藥師八佛。佛均作高髻，著袒右袈裟，結跏趺坐於束腰仰覆蓮座上，唯印相各異。
第三重為十六尊菩薩像，戴寶冠，坐於仰覆蓮座上。十二天及十二藥叉神將則位於第四重，惜遺失三尊。十二藥叉神將為藥師佛之眷屬，守護修持此法門者。外環為四天王位於四城門，守護四方。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 182.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mandala of the Medicine Buddha." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 182.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Mandala of the Medicine Buddha" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:182.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Mandala of the Medicine Buddha. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 182).
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