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Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra - Life of the Buddha

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八千頌般若經經板畫及插圖

印度

此梵文《八千頌般若經》經板繪佛傳圖,內頁飾插圖,可能源自印度或尼泊爾,共三百三十九頁,每片高6.25公分,寬33公分。
 二片經板略有磨損,然圖像仍算清晰,色彩鮮豔,保存良好。每片橫列四格畫面,描繪佛陀八相成道。底色以深藍和紅色間隔交錯,圖景雖小但構圖簡單,主題明確。人物造型具有動感,尤其涅槃圖的場景,佛陀身後諸弟子的姿勢和神態,營造出悲傷的氛圍。畫作線條略顯生硬,反映出波羅王朝(Pala,約8~12世紀)晚期藝術風格。
 另二頁貝葉中央均繪尊像,上方一尊為如來,戴華蓋,飾瓔珞,白色身軀,右手作與願印,左手持長莖蓮花,趺坐於蓮座上,體態優雅;身光裝飾著菱格紋,背光飾繁複的紋樣,身後有枝葉茂密的大樹。下方一尊為寶藏神,臉圓體胖,身軀為橙色,嚴飾腕釧、臂釧,左手握鼠,身後亦有一樹。二尊像之背光紋飾,帶有尼泊爾繪畫風格。
 《般若經》為闡說般若波羅蜜經典之總稱,為佛教重要經典,其分為《大品般若經》、《小品般若經》、《大般若經》、《心經》、《金剛經》等,主要闡述空性與慈悲,對後來的大乘佛教思想影響甚巨。《八千頌般若經》即為梵文版《小品般若經》,此經約出現於公元前一世纪,即盛行於佛陀入滅後五百年的印度北方,是最早的《般若經》。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 361.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 361.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:361.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 361).
@misc{Hsingyun2016,
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O},
pages = 361,
title = {{Illustrated Manuscript of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra}},
volume = 15,
year = {2016}}


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